Re: why...?!

[hendrik@topoi.pooq.com]

On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 01:50:39AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 02:37:59PM -0700, chikaku wrote:
> > i am installing the debian sarge 3.1 on my sata Hd.
> > 
> > i've started @8pm but till now(4am) i still on checking the swap
> > space?!
> 
> Is the Sarge release has the recent enough kernel to support SATA drive?
> I do not know but...
> 
> > what's wrong with my installation?!
> 
> I did not check and you do not have enough info but I doubt kernel
> version issue.  Try testing (etch).  Your hardware is I suppose quite
> new.

Indeed, I avoided SATA drives because they are so new on my AMD64, 
though I have all the sockets for them on my motherboard.  I still
eventually gave up on sarge because so much if the hardware was not 
supported, and went to etch, which did install (though I've has other 
problems).

-- hendrik