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Re: Debian 3.1 installation not detecting my hard drives =(



Colin wrote:
> Yu,Glen [Ontario] wrote:
> 
>>[PARTIALLY SOLVED!!]
>>
>>Ok...this is going to sound a little stupid, but if I installed Sarge normally with the 2.4.27 kernel, everything works properly.
>>
>>This baffles me even more because I don't really see why a 2.4 kernel would recognize the hardware, but not the 2.6 kernel.
>>
>>I'm still trying to figure out a way to install it with the 2.6 kernel, but for the time being if anyone out there is having the same problem as I am, try using the 2.4.27 kernel
> 
> 
> Lemme guess. Intel 9xx chipset.
> 
> You're going to need at least a 2.6.12 kernel to get it to recognize
> your drive.  I'd recommend getting a 2.6.15 kernel package out of etch
> (testing) and installing that.
> 
> 

It's probably better to get one from backports.org.

http://backports.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sanchez
http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto

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