Bug#445862: sata_nv driver won't work on linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64

[Roberto Nicolini <roberto.nicolini@gmail.com>]

Package: linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64
Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13


The amd64 kernel in Etch will not boot on motherboards based on the nvidia 
chipset, like my asus M2N4SLI as the sata_nv driver doesn't work and 
therefore hard-drives are not recognised. The 32bit Etch worked fine.

The Etch amd64 installer is not able to load the sata_nv driver even by 
choosing it manually after automatic detection fails. By the way, the 
installation cd only boots with the noapic option (on the same system the 
32bit installer worked fine)

I installed the amd64 kernel on my 32bit Etch system to install amd64 by 
debootstrap, but it hangs as well during boot time on drive recognition.

Thank you very much for your atteniton,

Roberto