Re: Installing Etch on an Intel DG965WH Board
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 02:17:33PM +0000, Thias wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 06:45:41AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> > Peter Robinson wrote:
> > >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.
> > >
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> Does your DVD drive is connected as IDE or SATA?
> You may have it under /dev/scd0 with that kind of hardware.
>
It is connected as SATA. There is no entry in /dev/ that seems promising (/dev/scd0 is not present). It seems funny that the installer CD is able to get that far but then is no longer able to read itself...
I have seen that Ubuntu can be booted via USB stick in order to get a working system running. I believe something similar is possible for Debian although I have never tried it. Does that seem promising?
thanks, Peter
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