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Re: help with install on Dell SC420 / SATA / Sarge / netinst / at a_piix



On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 22:53:52 +0100, Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl> wrote:

> > > 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.

I just installed an SC420 using the RC2 netinstall CD with "expert26"
boot parameter yesterday.  Both of these bugs seem to be fixed: I can
boot without giving acpi=off, and i get no hang after the RTC
messages.

- Colleen



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