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