Installation report

[Daniel W. Martin]

Hi,   I'll include a few details in the template below, but just a "quickie" summary--the installer as of today doesn't like SATA any more than anyone else's Linux installer.  I'm hoping (perhaps against hope?) to find an installer that'll accept my Intel D865PERL board with a SATA drive; this one hangs at the 80% mark while the installer is loading the "ide-detect" module.   If I put the BIOS in "Legacy" mode where the SATA interface just looks like legacy IDE the installer passes this point just fine; however, I have the SATA drive plus 3 regular ATA devices so I really don't want to install in Legacy mode and have to cut out one of the regular IDE ports.   Is there any chance that SATA support will be built into your installer any time soon?   Regards,   Dan INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: 19Jan04 uname -a: N/A Date: 19Jan04, 0800 Pacific Method: CD Full Image Machine: Homebrew on Intel D865PERL board Processor:Pentium4 2.8GHz HT, 800FSB Memory:512MB DDR400MHz Root Device: SATA HDD- Hitachi 76 GB Root Size/partition table: never got there table, with notes on which partitions are mounted where.> Output of lspci: Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked: [E] Configure network HW: [ ] Config network: [ ] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [ ] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [ ] Create file systems: [ ] Mount partitions: [ ] Install base system: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Reboot: [ ] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: <Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments and ideas you had during the initial install.> ===================================              Daniel W. Martin, Controller                Tractor Equipment Sales       www.tractor-equip.com  (408) 297-7422 ===================================