Re: No harddisk on Toshiba Satellite M40X-112 with sarge

[mayads <mayads@gmx.de>]

I downloaded that iso and tried with no luck at all. It is still the 
same problem, I can find no hdd.

I don't understand, why other distros like (k)ubuntu, kanotix and 
knoppix work with that hdd?

Gonzalo HIGUERA DÍAZ schrieb:
> Apparently you have a SATA controller, so it would seem wise to use a
> SATA-enabled kernel. For that you want a 2.6 kenel, the newer the
> better. The official installation procedure can use a 2.6 kernel by
> passing at boot time "linux26" as parameter. Unfortunately it is a
> 2.6.8 kernel, and quite a bit of work has been done regarding SATA
> since then. To opt for a 2.6.12 kernel (quite likely to avoid
> problems), you could use the 2.6.12 enabled netinst image compiled by
> François Boisson (as announced by himself yesterday on
> debian-user-french as "Sarge Netinstall 2.6.12[info]"):
>
> ftp://charlemagne.dyndns.org/pub/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-2.6.12-FB.iso
>
> or
>
> http://boisson.homeip.net/sarge/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-2.6.12-FB.iso
>
> which is a replica of Debian sarge netinstall 3.1ra for i386 using
> 2.6.12 (testing's 2.6 latest kernel).
>
> --
> Gonzalo HIGUERA DÍAZ <gonhidi@gmail.com>