Bug#413287: Failed install (Sarge 2.6 kernel) -- Dell 8400 + SATA Redux

[Peter Farley <pjfarley3@yahoo.com>]

--- Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> wrote:
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> The kernel versions that shipped with Sarge are
> known to have very limited Sata support. Therefore
> it is no surprise that your installation failed.
> 
> Please try again with the installer for Etch [1],
> which is soon to be released. If you really require
> Sarge, you could consider this *unofficial and
> unsupported* Sarge installer [1] that has a
> backported kernel and some related packages.
> 
> Closing this report as lack of support for
> Sata-based systems is a known issue. Feel free to
> file a new report after trying with the Etch 
> installer.
> 
> Cheers,
> FJP
> 
> [1] http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
> [2] http://kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/

Thanks, I will try that unofficial installer first.

Peter


 
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