Bug#351940: Installation Problem: linux26

[Michel van der Klei <michel@mitch-it.nl>]

On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 20:12 +0100, Christian Perrier wrote:
> > Rather I would think you need a kernel > 2.6.8 for proper hardware 
> > support. Have you tried the daily build of the installer [1] that uses 
> > 2.6.15?
> > 
> > [1] http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
> 
> 
> Another option could be choosing a custom image such as Kenshi Muto's
> sarge image with 2.6.15 kernel:
> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstallerCustomImages
> 
> Stéphanie, beware that this is no more an official image and thus
> coming without the usual support put by Debian in stable releases.
> 
> But I think this is probably the only way to have a sarge install with
> a more recent kernel to support your hardware.

I've had the same tragedy on my Toshiba Tecra with the same sata
controller. Runs debian etch now, took me several evenings ... but now
it runs fine. 

Stephanie can you provide me with the output of dmesg after the
installer is started. That gives a lot of information ...

greetz,

Michel van der Klei