Hi,
My name is Eric Hielscher, and I am having trouble installing Debian on my brand new computer (which I really want to use). First things first, here is a hardware list:
MSI 865PE Neo2 Motherboard
Intel P4 3.2GHz w/ HT
512MB DDR
Sony 16x DVD-ROM
LITEON CDRW
2 80GB Seagate SATA HDDs
NVidia GeForce FX 5900
Notably absent is a floppy drive. J
So, first when I was trying to install Debian was unable to find my HDDs. I poked around the net and found that SATA support is, well, interesting, so I set my BIOS to Legacy ATA mode. This allowed me to have the Debian install program find my HDDs, and I was able to partition them and initialize the file systems. Now when I try to move to the next step, Install kernel and modules, Debian is unable to mount either of my CD drives. I have been told to check the fstab file, but I don’t think that is available to me at this stage (I am kind of a newb). I also tried to boot the install program with the flag ide=nodma as someone told me that might help but no luck.
Any ideas at all as to what I should try?
Thanks,
Eric