On Sat, 2007-03-03 at 15:21 -0800, Peter Farley wrote: > Trying to install Sarge to Dell 8400 w/internal SATA > from jigdo'd i386 DVD. Kernel 2.4 fails to see SATA > internal HDD entirely (CD access OK). With kernel 2.6 > using expert26 I can wait to load ata_piix driver > until after CD is accessed, but STILL does not see > SATA drive, only external USB 2.0 IDE HDD. > > Web and google searches led me to believe this problem > was resolved in current 2.6 kernels, is there still a > problem? If so, is there any workaround? (Other than > changing BIOS to compatibility mode, I do NOT want to > go there, still need WinXP partition on SATA to work > for other family use.) There are unofficial debian-installer images using a backported kernel available. See http://kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/ -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 760BDD22
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