Re: Installing to SATA drives (was Re: SATA DVD not recognized)
> >>1) Debian can not be installed on a SATA HD from scratch with a 2.6
> >>kernel. Rather, one has to install with kernel 2.4, _then_ upgrade the
> >>kernel. This is so because, under 2.6, SATA is seen as SCSI, and
> >>somehow this makes the install program not see the IDE CD drive it is
> >>being installed from.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Sure it can. I just did it a couple of weeks ago.
> >
> >Note that I did it using the latest Etch daily netinst ISO build,
> >not Sarge.
> >
> >
> >
> Yesterday I installed debian sarge with a netinst cd (from a ide dvdrom)
> on a sata disk (using the expert26 option, if it matters). The sata disk
> was recognized with no additional effort.
>
>
I second that. I installed today onto a SATA disk.
The issue you may have is installing through some unsupported
controller.
The 2.4 install kernel does support some sata devices.
Sorry to hear about the problems
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