Bug#255263: possible workaround
Hey, I think I might have found a workaround. I read a message under
Bug#257168 with Message-ID:
<[🔎] 40E42E98.4020803@steinkuehler.net>
which gave me an idea.
Running the 10 Jul image of sarge with "expert 26" I
waited until the hardware detection (which didn't find my HD) was
complete then ran "modprobe scsi_mod" followed by
"modprobe sata_promise." Went back to the menu and ran the
partitioning step and it found my HD!
Unfortunately, the computer locked up during the partitioning step and
when I rebooted the same trick didn't work. However, "modprobe
sd_mod" followed by "modprobe sata_promise" did. The
partitions I had previously created were intact but not the mount points.
Once again, the computer locked up during the formatting process.
Hopefully this will help you figure out why it wasn't automatically
detecting. Let me know if you need any more info.
-Olek
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