Re: Installing to SATA drives (was Re: SATA DVD not recognized)
Michael Gregg wrote:
> > >>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.
Well, I don't know about a couple of weeks ago... a month ago I used
the latest Etch CD1 and CD2 images (I had also downloaded CD3, but it
was never asked for), and for the life of me I couldn't do a 2.6
install (neither normal nor expert), because the CD wouldn't be
recognized. A 2.4 install was flawless.
> > 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.
Yes, the SATA HD is fine with both 2.4 and 2.6. My problem was finding
the _IDE_ CD drive _if_ a 2.6 kernel was used.
> I second that. I installed today onto a SATA disk.
>
> The issue you may have is installing through some unsupported
> controller.
I bow to the evidence that the issue seems to have been taken care of
since I tried my install. Either that or I was too stupid to follow the
simple steps required.
> The 2.4 install kernel does support some sata devices.
>
> Sorry to hear about the problems
Yes, the 2.4 does fine. Since SATA is seen as IDE by 2.4, the ide-*
modules are loaded, then the IDE devices are seen. The problem under
2.6 is to have some SCSI modules loaded _first_, so they get hold of
the ide[01] channels, and actual IDE devices are not seen.
Of course, I might be that my HW has some special feature that makes it
troublesome... whichever the case might be, I already fixed it, thanks!
Basajaun
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