Bug#399120: [johan.spee@orange.nl: Re: Bug#399120: RC1 bugreport]
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 13:38:16 +0100
Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> wrote:
> On Saturday 18 November 2006 18:31, Geert Stappers wrote:
> > The Intel P965 chipset only supports SATA, not the parallel IDE
> > iterface that preceded it. Since most CD/DVD drives still use parallel
> > IDE most P965 motherboards come with a separate PATA/SATA interface. On
> > ASUS boards this interface uses the JMicron controller (JMB363).
>
> > As a consequence the installation CD cannot be mounted and Debian
> > cannot be installed.
>
> The jmicron driver has been included in the latest 2.6.18 kernel that is
> used in current _daily built_ installer images [1]. It would be great if
> you could test the new installer to see if your system installs now.
>
> You don't need to overwrite your existing installation. Just run the
> installation to the start of partitioning. Please choose the "manual"
> partitioning method and check that your SATA drives are still recognized
> too and then abort the installation.
>
> TIA,
> FJP
>
> [1] http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
>
Hi Frans,
It installs fine.
But I have been able to install and run Debian on my system for some
time now. The 2.6.18 kernel was included in the daily builds many weeks
ago, and I have had no problems since.
best wishes,
--
Johan Spee
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