Re: Dell Dimension 3100: keyboard freezes / SATA hdd not found
Hi,
> 1. Use a recent Ubuntu Installation (which seems to support SATA) and
> migrate to Debian after successful installation. Having no experience
> in migrating Linux distributions, I'm not sure if this is a good
> solution.
>
> 2. Take the harddisk to a IBM eServer 326 which comes with an SATA
> interface which is supported at least by the Sarge Netinst image,
> install Debian to the disk, move it back to the Dimension and keep the
> fingers crossed.
>
> 3. Partition the harddiskin advance, try the installer non-interactively
> and keep the fingers crossed too.
>
> Any better solutions to make SATA work with the 2.4 installer kernel or
> my USB keyboard with the 2.6 kernel?
use the grml/knoppix/kantonix/ubuntu-live/... CD, and then debootstrap
- boot from cd
- partition the system
- create the fs
- use debootstrap to get a fresh debian to the filesystem
--
Florian Reitmeir
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