On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 05:01:06PM +0000, Jack Malmostoso wrote: > > Have anyone succesfully used this hardware? Any hints on booting the > > installation or maybe testing the hardware to see if something is > > broken? Maybe software to test if everything is right? > > You should probably go with one of the latest daily builds of the > installer with kernel 2.6.22. Alternatively, check that in the BIOS the > SATA channels are set in "compatibility mode" as opposed to "AHCI" mode. > In "compatibility mode" you should be able to install Etch without > problems. On first boot, add the backports repository and then install a > newer kernel (2.6.22 will do). Go back to the BIOS and put the hard > drives back in "AHCI" and you should not have any problems. > Still applies if you have an infamous jmicron controller. The compat mode won't work to solve this issue. The DVD is connected to a Marvell controller unsupported by 2.6.18. To top things off, 2.6.18 won't talk to the on-board ethernet. Follow the first suggestion - use a newer installer. I ended up doing a network boot installation, which let me replace the kernel more trivially than building my own installer image (nothing newer than 2.6.18 was available at the time). I had to use the i810-modesetting driver to get video to work, but I think that may have just been obsoleted in unstable. -- Rob
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