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Re: Debian Installer SATA detection



On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 11:52:16 +0100
Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk> wrote:

> On (25/07/05 22:30), Grant Thomas wrote:
> > I have a problem getting the Debian Installer to recognize my SATA  
> > controller.
> > My computer is a ST20G5, a Shuttle small form factor PC.
> > Currently I have an 80G SATA drive, and a 120G PATA drive to work
> > with. I have been able to setup Debian with no problem on the PATA
> > drive, but I   would rather have the SATA working.
> > I have confidence that the hardware is good, as I have installed XP
> > to the   SATA drive, and it works flawlessly.
<snipped for brevity>

> If you already have Debian installed on the PATA drive you could load
> the necessary modules (for SATA) using 'modconf'.  You could then use
> chroot to install a debian system on the SATA drive.
> 
> However, it would seem you want to do a fresh install and the
> installer is not picking up the SATA drives.  Try 
> # expert26
> at the boot prompt.  It will then give you access to many more modules
> for the install; I haven't checked the compatability list for the SATA
> controller.

Or if you simply want SATA support without the extra prompts and options
that 'expert26' gives, you could also enter 'linux26' at the boot
prompt. 

HTH,
Jacob
 



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