Re: SATA drives not recognized on new install

[Kenward Vaughan <kay_jay@earthlink.net>]

On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 23:54 -0700, michael wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:30:55 -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote
> > Is this likely a problem of not having the right support built into the
> > installation disk, and if so how can I get around that?
> > 
> 
> I'm guessing your using the latest etch installer, which comes with a 2.6.18 
> kernel. You might want to try a debian installer with a more recent kernel.
> Perhaps something from here:
> 
> http://kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/
> 
> Perhaps there is a custom etch installer out somewhere with 2.6.20 ?
> 
> You could always install the sarge one from above and upgrade to etch 
> afterwards.
> 
> hth,
> 
> Mike

Thanks to you and Storm66 for your replies.  I just burned and tried
Ubuntu, Mepis, and Gentoo, and they all seemed to have no problems.  The
working kernel for the debian install was a 2.6.20.  

Is the sarge image based on 2.6.20 as well?

I'll check that link out too.



Kenward
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