> On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 12:53:46PM -0500, Eric Silberstein wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > From: stappers@stappers.nl [mailto:stappers@stappers.nl] > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 12:38 PM > To: 'debian-boot@lists.debian.org' > Subject: Re: help with install on Dell SC420 / SATA / Sarge / netinst / > ata_piix > > > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 04:59:10PM -0500, Eric Silberstein wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am a Debian and linux newbie. I recently purchased a Dell SC420 and > > want > > > to install Sarge. The Dell SC420 has a SATA drive. I am attempting > > install > > > using the 20041120 daily build netinst CD image. The installer fails to > > > recognize my hard drive. Through google > > > (http://lists.progeny.com/archive/discover-workers/200410/msg00008.html) I > > > found the advice "Whilst the PATA CDROM drive was detected the main hard > > > disk was not - I needed to manually modprobe ata_piix for d-i to run > > through > > > correctly." However, I'm not sure how to do this since the ata_piix > > module > > > is not included on the CD image. Through google > > > (http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2004/10/msg00348.html) I found a > > bug > > > report saying "The kernel-image-2.4.26-1 package doesn't seem to contain > > the > > > ata_piix.o module" due to a bug in a Makefile. Both of these bugs are > > > reportedly fixed. What should I do? Can I download ata_piix.o from > > > somewhere and use it during my install process? Do I need to build my own > > > netinst image, and if so, how do I do that? > > > > Last wednesday I did spend with installing on a Dell SC420. > > The great trick was using a 2.6 kernel. They are available for > > debian-installer > > (I used the netboot images ( no rebuild needed )) and do provide the > > ata_piix module. > > > > After the reboot you will encounter #277298, where control-C allows you > > to get a second console, so you can append acpi=off for the next boot. > > > Hi Geert, > > Thanks for your reply. I guess this is where some of the newbie questions > come in. No worries Mate. I have been newbie myself and on some topic still am. And there are no stupid questions (some questions are however to stupid to answer ;-) > 1) What is the netboot image, how do I use it, and where do I get it from? > Does this method actually require that I do a network boot? If so, do I > somehow copy the netboot files to a second computer and point my SC420 to it > at bootup time? Sorry for introducing 'netboot', my message was that 2.6 images do exist. (there were questions how to build netinst CD images, so no need to build them yourself right now.) > 2) How do I get the 2.6 kernel? I hope that you found meanwhile http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/10/msg02182.html or at least the F1 button hint in the debian-installer splash screen. > What is the connection between > stable/testing/unstable and the kernel? For example, is Sarge based on 2.4 > and unstable on 2.6? Nope. The short answer is: "nothing to worry about" The long answer is: "no time to explain that right here" > > 3) Even if I am able to follow your instructions and install, is what I > found below still a bug? Should I log this bug? If so, how? http://www.nl.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting > Thanks in advance, You are welcome. I hope that you learn something, at least that the reply goes below the text ;-) > Eric Cheers Geert Stappers
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