Bug#340390: Installation report: no disks detected

[Ross Boylan <RossBoylan@stanfordalumni.org>]

Increasingly I suspect the motherboard is the problem: it's too new.
Intel is now supporting Linux supposedly
(http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/reseller/asmo-na/eng/187871.htm).  
I'm not sure whether they are pushing their stuff into the main kernel
development.

The motherboard has been a challenge for different flavors of
Windows.  Intel says it won't work with Win98 period, and with Windows
2000 lots of important things (e.g., LANs) didn't work and weren't
recognized until I popped in Intel's CD (incidentally, it needs SP4 of
Win2K to install the drivers).

However, none of the added drivers seem to concern disks.  The CD
caused recognition of USB, LAN, and audio (all onboard).  The linux
downloads for this board seem to all concern the LAN and audio.

Although Debian is listed on the link given at the top, using the link
requires an account.

The publicly available drivers that I found were for RedHat and Suse
only.  I haven't tried using them.  The license agreement required for
download might be a reason this stuff wouldn't go into the main
kernel.  That would certainly be a nuisance if Intel kept their
drivers separate.

I'll contact my vendor when they re-open for business next week.