Debian,
I have been having troubles to no end installing Debian on my system.
I've recently purchased a WD800JD SATA hd and the I/OFlex SATA Controller.
First I was trying to install Woody for ~3-4 days before I received both pieces of hardware and have been trying to install it for many hours today. I asked a variety of questions in the Debian IRC channel and a user suggested I install Sarge with hopes of it supporting the SATA drive. Woody only detects hda1 and no scsi drive.
Therefore, I've been trying to install Sarge via Netinst for numerous hours and have essentially gotten nowhere. The recurring problem relates to the *faulty* burnt cd's and how they are unrecognized. When attempting to install Sarge with Netinst, I load files from ' cd-drivers.img' in which it afterwards attempts to mount the Debian cd. However, I receive the error that "the cd is a non-debian cd."
I've recently had luck with the Sarge cd and booting it directly after POST. The other cd's I've attempted to boot directly without the use of boot-disks has failed at the very beginning. However, seeing as I've made some headware, what am I required to do after this point? DPMS, DRDOS, /mlx?
The latest cd I've created (w/ Nero Express) is bootable and the ISO has been expanded and burned.
Any help is GREATLY appreciated. I really have my hopes up for Debian and would rather not install a different distro.
If further detail is required--please inform me.
Thanks
Michael