On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 10:16:52 +1100 <Gina.Spratt@csiro.au> wrote: > > I am trying to run a debian 2.6.8 kernel. The special applications are > astronomy based, built in-house (but at this stage this shouldn't be an > issue. Just to be able to install linux onto the machine would be > great). > > I have tried now installing 2.6.8 and 2.6.12, but both are having > problems with finding the sata drive (comes up with "no partitionable > media were found" during the install). The strange thing is that the > machine came with RH Enterprise (kernel 2.6.9), so I tried installing > the RH cd's onto the second sata drive I had, but it also comes up with > the same problem. So I have sent a message to the dell technicans to see > what installer they were using for the RH install. > > Do you have any ideas? I hope I don't have to go through the process of > installing linux onto an ide drive and somehow transfering the install > onto the sata drive. well without bothering to do any research at all... I seem to recall several people having trouble installing onto SATA drives as the installer's kernel can't see them. The work-around was to alt-f2 to virtual terminal and modprobe the appropriate kernel modules to enable the SATA drives, and then alt-f1 back to the installer and go from there. Also, try a knoppix disk, and then you could lspci and lsmod to see what all you need to make it work. YMMV. A > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan Dill [mailto:jonathan@nerds.net] > Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2006 10:37 AM > To: Spratt, Gina (ATNF, Parkes) > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Precision 380 with kernel 2.6.8 > > > Matthew Lenz just hipped me to these Linux Dell mailing lists, there is > a Linux-Precision mailing list that you may want to check out: > > http://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo > > Just out of curiousity, What flavor of Linux are you trying to install, > and what type of special applications do you want to run? > > Gina.Spratt@csiro.au wrote: > > >Just wondering if anyone has had any success with running the Debian > >linux kernel on a Dell Precision 380? (or any other Dell Precision on > >the market, I have just purchased a Precision 380 and I am wondering > >whether I should have gone for a different model). > > > > > -- > Jonathan Dill - The NERDS Group > Network Engineering & Resource Development Specialists, LLC > Cell: (240) 994-0012 Main: (301) 622-7995 > Web: http://www.nerds.net >
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