From: Douglas Allan Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Installation problem: No partitionable media found
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 16:37:04 -0500
On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 11:13:11PM +0200, Ogya Chief wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I wanted to install Debian Sarge on a new P4 machine with a 160 GB SATA
> hard disk drive. The installation failed with the following error
message:
>
> No partitionable media found
>
> What could be the problem and what am I missing? Any pointers on how to
> resolve this problem will be very much appreciated.
The problem is likely that Sarge is too old for your SATA. Try Etch.
Doug.