RE: Debian Installation Impossible on SATA HDD
Hi,
thanks a lot for your response. You are right, i equiped recently my PC with
latest new hardware. I will download and test asap installation of Etch&half
distrib you recommand and i'll keep you informed (to help others also). If ok,
i'll configure correctly my mailbox.
Best Regards,
K
Selon Lalit Dhiri <my_linux@live.com>:
>
> Hi,
>
> the distributoins you refer to are likely to have much newer kernels then
> Debian Etch. You should start by trying Etchnhalf which has a newer kernel
> http://www.uk.debian.org/News/2008/20080726 This should be available as a net
> install from a local Debian mirror. You could also try the Testing
> distribution if you have very new hardware.
>
> In addition once you have the latest Etch you should try changing the SATA
> settings in the BIOS and change the mode options to see if this helps
> booting> installing.
>
> It will be good if you can provide information regarding the hardware you
> have eg SATA controller, mainboard etc. So someone can advise if there are
> drivers available that can be set during the install process.
>
> --
> Lalit Dhiri
> Linux the root to no GPFs
>
> > Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 23:17:00 +0200
> > Subject: Debian Installation Impossible on SATA HDD
> > From: kirikoufa@free.fr
> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > i'm new here and english is not my native language.
> > I hope to find some help about an unsolved issue concerning the impossible
> > installation of Debian on SATA hard disk.
> > I'm trying to install linux Debian 4,0 (Etch Stable distrib) on my new hard
> > disk SATA and more precisely on a partition of 200Gio.
> >
> > Here some details of my HDD:
> > -Manufacturer: Western Digital
> > Type: Barracuda
> > -HDD SATA
> > -capacity: 500Gio
> > -Partions: 4 (Debian, Mandriva, Swap, Data)
> >
> > The Debian installation is impossible from a bootable DVD, network
> > (Netinst), live cd...I've re-downloaded an iso image from the official ftp
> > web site and same result.
> > During installation, language can be choosen, network interface is
> > recognized and configured but IS STOPPED at hard disk detection and
> > partitionning step.
> > Indeed, my SATA hard disk is not detected/recognized and consequently
> > installation fails. Installer propose a list of "driver" to select but no
> > one is working in my case. I've contacted Western Digital but they cannot
> > solve my problem.
> >
> > PS: With tis HDD SATA, installation was successfull with Mandriva2008,
> > Ubuntu 8,0. But NOT DEBIAN????
> >
> > Please, could you help me to fix this issue?
> >
> >
> > Sincerly,
> > K
> >
> >
> >
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