Re: How to install under a SATA disk?

[Bruno Buys <brunobuys@gmail.com>]

Ron Johnson wrote:

> On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 02:07:42 -0700
> Han Chunwei <cwhann@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hi,
> > I have two questions to ask:
> > 1. The cpu of my computer is AMD Athlon64 2800+, which
> > distribution should I use?32bit or 64bit?
> > 2. The hard-disk is of SATA type, and I can't install the system
> > from hard-disk(I don't have a CD-Rom). I have tried every method
> >    
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> Getting a cheap CD-R drive would be terribly useful.
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> > to do this and failed. I nearly got despaired.
> > Please figure out a way to solve the problems. Thank you!
> >    
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> With a Sempron 2800+ (little brother of A64), I easily installed
> onto a SATA disk using the Etch (testing) netinstall ISO.
>
> Here's links to a multi-floppy install:
> http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
> http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ports-status
> http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/floppy/
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I did a test with a sarge netinst cd back when sarge was still testing, 
and it did detect sata disks. I doubt it won´t detect today.
By the way: semprons are 32bit even in a 64bit board (my case).