Compaq Presario SR1675CL SATA disk not detected

[Kai Martens <kai@physics.utah.edu>]

Hi there,

I am trying to install debian etch on the above mentioned desktop. Cannot 
find much info; no name motherboard, it seems, and that it is a SATA disk 
was found by physical inspection. Also: the ethernet adaptor is on that 
darn motherboard, so I do not know which driver to load for that. But that 
is all mute as long as I cannot see and partition the disk... My web 
searches have turned up nothing. ANY pointers?

Thanks in advance, Kai