Siju George wrote:
Hi all, I am trying to net install sarge amd64 port on an amd64 athlon computer with 120GB Seagate Baracuda 7200.7 SATA Hard Disk. The mother board is http://www.directron.com/rs482m4ild.html It seems the installer does not detect the hard disk :-( Is this hardware supported? any work arounds?
The SATA controller in the Radeon Express 200 chipset isn't supported by the 2.6.8 kernel in Sarge. You could have luck with Len's 2.6.12 installer (http://tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/amd64/) or Kenshi's 2.6.15 mini.iso (http://kmuto.jp/b.cgi/debian/d-i-2615-amd64.htm).
Waht is the Ideal hardware to get the amd64 port of Sarge working well?
Anything not based on the ATI Radeon Express chipsets, which are known to work poorly with Linux - especially when fed a dual-core CPU. For best results, use a Via chipset - K8T800 for AGP, K8T890 for PCIe
--Jo Shields