Installing Etch on an Intel DG965WH Board

[Peter.Robinson@t-online.de (Peter Robinson)]

Hi all!

I bought a new computer with the following components:
Intel Desktop Board DG965WH
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.40 GHz (6600)
ASUS DVD Recorder/DVD optical drive
etc

I am trying to install Debian Etch but the installer does not recognize the DVD ROM drive and offers the opportunity to add a driver from floppy. I have not been able to find the right thing. From a search in Google, I would imagine that the problem is the  SATA controller controller of the Intel board, which has three modes of operation:

    * IDE mode - no AHCI, no RAID
    * SATA mode (sometimes called AHCI mode) - AHCI enabled, no RAID
    * RAID mode - AHCI enabled, RAID enabled

I have tried all three modes with no success. I am a bit surprise because I bought this particular combination because, among other things, of reports in the internet that the board worked more or less out of the box with linux...

I would appreciate any ideas on where to look for solutions.

Thanks, Peter :-}