-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi list,
I tried to install Debian etch with the beta 3 netinstall image on an Asus P5LD2-VM board with a Dual Core Intel CPU, Intel 945G Northbridge and Intel ICH7 Southbridge. The machine came with an SATA HD and an IDE DVD ROM. The install failed because the CD could not detect the DVD drive. It appeared that the SATA driver (ata_piix) was loaded before the legacy IDE drivers. Because the ICH7 southbridge provides both, SATA and IDE, but with the same IO and IRQ, it happened, that the kernel complained the the IO was already in use and the legacy IDE driver could not be loaded. I tried to install Redhat Enterprise 4 (kernel 2.6.9): it could load the modules in the correct order (i.e. IDE first, then ata_piix) and detect the IDE drive before the SATA HD and install successfully. However, the NIC failed, because the kernel was obviously too old for the newer Gigabit adapter (e1000 driver). So, I tried t install Knoppix (v. 5.0.1) which comes with kernel 2.6.17. This one also detected the IDE drive before the SATA HD and also the NIC was no problem. Installation went smooth, so I installed Knoppix and then upgraded the packages to the latest testing and removed those packages I didn't need. After reboot with the current 2.6.17 kernel from testing, also no problems occurred. So, two things: 1. upgrade the kernel to the current 'testing' version 2. make sure the IDE drivers get loaded before ata_piix HTH Cheers Arne - -- Arne Götje (高盛華) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/685D1E8C Fingerprint: 2056 F6B7 DEA8 B478 311F 1C34 6E9F D06E 685D 1E8C Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFF0mobp/QbmhdHowRAgBrAKD2bfQZ4i3lf6LOWG5+Mx145xCtmgCeOaWB lDpT4y4NgydjBOPvhtkFsTw= =EO1m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
