Hi, The Dell SC-420 is a new machine with nothing on it and I'm trying to install Debian from scratch. And I'm not sure how I can use the "277298.sh" patch, since I'm stuck in the installation process.
More info: 1. The problem of "No partitionable media were found" was on the latest version of Sarge. 2. I tried "linux-30r3" and the installation hangs after the following message: hde: wdb wd800jd-75 HKA1, ATA Disk Drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7, 0x3f6 on irq 14 3. Although the Dell SC-420 supports RAID, I have only one primary hard drive in the system. I'm a newbie on installing Debian, so I'm assuming Sarge has linux26. Thanks, Kripps/- --- Geert Stappers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 03:31:20AM +0100, Frans Pop > wrote: > > On Saturday 01 January 2005 03:21, Asirvatham > Kripps wrote: > > > I just bought a Dell poweredge SC-420 system > with a 80 > ^^^^^^ > > mmm, another candidate for > bugreport #277298 > > > > GB SATA hard drive. When trying to install > Debian > > > linux, I get a message saying "no partitionable > media > > > found". > > > > > > I called Dell support and they say that Debian > linux > > > doesn't support the hard drive and Red Hat > Enterprise > > > version does. I hope this is not true :-( > > > > That's bullshit (or, if you prefer, untrue). > > The question is not "does Debian support it", but > "does the kernel that > > Debian currently uses support it". > > > > Try booting with 'linux26'. > That will work, but read on. > > > However, be aware that SATA in some respects is > still under development. > > We see quite a few installation reports with > problems on SATA hardware. > > Changing BIOS settings or cable connections > sometimes helps. > IIRC the Dell SC420 has no such option in it is BIOS > (but it is not needed, > the standard Debian 2.6 Kernel has ata_piix support) > > > Things are sure to improve with time (maybe even > using patches from Red > > Hat that trickle back into the kernel sources). > Asirvatham and others don't need to wait for > ata_piix support > in the 2.4 kernel, booting Debian-Installer with > 'linux26' will do the > trick. > > After the base install, Dell SC420 users will > encounter bug #277298[1] > > Meanwhile is a workaround available. For easy > installation I have made > a script, fetch it with > > wget > http://people.debian.org/~stappers/w/277298.sh > > then run it with > > sh 277298.sh > > and please confirm that it worked[2] > > > > Cheers > Geert Stappers > > [1] http:/bugs.debian.org/277298 > [2] or needs some fine tuning > > > P.S. > > Tell your hardware vendor which software you prefer. > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature name=signature.asc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
