Re: sata drives and intel pro 100ve
Cliff Pankonien writes:
>
> Greetings!
> I just bought a new pc, a Dell Dimension 9100 that has an Intel Pro
> 100VE integrated ethernet device and a 160gb sata drive. I have
> successfully installed Debian Sarge on a Dell SC420 server with sata
> drives by doing a linux26 install, but that does not work on the 9100,
> the drive is not detected. Sarge also does not recognize the ethernet
> device, even though "Intel Pro 100" is listed as a module that can be
> specified after network hardware detection fails. I've been searching
> for two days now and can't find anything concrete, does anyone have any
> ideas? I have found updated drivers on Intel's site, but can't figure
> out how to load them during the install. When I try to compile them to
> maybe put them on a floppy for use during the install, the compile
> fails, even though I have the kernel sources installed.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cliff Pankonien
>
>
Your drive might be detected by a newer kernel. Try using a 'sid' d-i
installer snapshot from http://www.nl.debian.org/devel/debian-
installer/builds. I'm not sure if this will help with the network card.
Cheers,
David.
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