Sarge and Sony Vaio S3HP

[Matt Carter <matt.carter85@gmail.com>]

Hi All

I am new to debian (there is a surprise) I am trying it out after a
few years with Fedora and Mandrake (or what ever they call it now).

I want to install Debian on my Sony Vaio VGN-S3HP, the only issue is
the SATA. I cannot configure the BIOS to go into Native PATA mode
unfortunately, I have spent a few hours googling but havent come up
with any solution. My motherboard is a Intel 915 with the Intel SATA
Controller 82801FMB (i think).

I have also tried a net install but to no avail, any help would be
greatfully recieved, as my only other choice is Kubuntu and I really
wanted to try Debian.

Daf