IMHO, (P)ATA harddisks will report themselves as hd* in dmesg. on the other hand, SATA drives are reported as sd*, so this should give you a hint what to compile in...I have installed debian stable in a remote system.How can I see the hardware type to compile the correct drivers in the kernel?Example How can I see if I have an ATA or a SATA hard disk?
regards, -- Lubos _@_"