After switching to legacy ATA mode in BIOS, install completes successfully. Of course, not all drives are (would be) accessible. lspci, lspci -n, uname -a follows. About the kernel version: I thought the detection stuff has been fixed so Pentium IV machines would not get the i386 kernel, but it seems this doesn't work on this machine? (cpuinfo follows too.)
# lspci 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 915G/P/GV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 04) 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 915G/P/GV PCI Express Root Port (rev 04) 0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82915G Express Chipset Family Graphics Controller (rev 04) 0000:00:1b.0 0403: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03) 0000:00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) 0000:00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03) 0000:00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03) 0000:00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03) 0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03) 0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03) 0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03) 0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03) 0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03) 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d3) 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03) 0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FW (ICH6/ICH6W) SATA Controller (rev 03) 0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03) 0000:06:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 1064 (rev 01) # lspci -n 0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:2580 (rev 04) 0000:00:01.0 0604: 8086:2581 (rev 04) 0000:00:02.0 0300: 8086:2582 (rev 04) 0000:00:1b.0 0403: 8086:2668 (rev 03) 0000:00:1c.0 0604: 8086:2660 (rev 03) 0000:00:1c.1 0604: 8086:2662 (rev 03) 0000:00:1c.2 0604: 8086:2664 (rev 03) 0000:00:1c.3 0604: 8086:2666 (rev 03) 0000:00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:2658 (rev 03) 0000:00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:2659 (rev 03) 0000:00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:265a (rev 03) 0000:00:1d.3 0c03: 8086:265b (rev 03) 0000:00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:265c (rev 03) 0000:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:244e (rev d3) 0000:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:2640 (rev 03) 0000:00:1f.2 0101: 8086:2651 (rev 03) 0000:00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:266a (rev 03) 0000:06:08.0 0200: 8086:1064 (rev 01) # uname -a Linux gsx01 2.6.7-1-386 #1 Thu Jul 8 05:08:04 EDT 2004 i686 GNU/Linux # cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 3 model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz stepping : 4 cpu MHz : 2801.027 cache size : 1024 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe pni monitor ds_cpl cid bogomips : 5537.79 -- Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
