Hi, Thanks much for the help. I was able to complete the installation with linux26. And of course I encountered the problem with the installation hanging after "Real Time Clock Driver v1.12". But after I modified the hwclock as mentioned in the resolution for bug #277298, everything went through perfectly.
Thanks a lot, Kripps/- --- Geert Stappers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 10:36:40AM -0800, Asirvatham > Kripps wrote: > > --- 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: > <snip/> > > > > 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] > > > > > > > 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. > > Yes, the installer for sarge has a 2.6 kernel > available. > To actived it, type after "boot:" > > linux26 > > > > > > Thanks, > > Kripps/- > > > > > > > > > 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. > Or go to a hardware vendor who allready supports > the software that you prefer. > > > Geert Stappers > -- > Because it is the logical order. > > Why reply below the text? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
