Re: Installing debian on a SATA hard drive

[Wolfgang Lonien <wjlonien@gmx.net>]

Olivier Sirven wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I'm trying to install a debian on a serial ATA hard drive bu the kernel
> version used with the woody installer is too old to see the sata disk. Any
> idea to help me installing a debian on this disk ?
> 
> Olivier
> 
> 

Hi Olivier,

the kernel versions up to 2.4.x don't support SATA disks; you could attach a
normal ide disk and install on it, then later get a kernel 2.6, or wait for
alioth to be up again, and from there get a 2.6 installer.

The link is:
alioth.debian.org/projects/di26/

HTH,
wjl aka Wolfgang Lonien