On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 23:33 +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 26 August 2005 23:03, james wrote: > > I bought a new PC the other day. P4 3.0G with 64Bit extensions. > > I tried the install of the 2.6. kernel and the CD/DVD was not detected. > > Looking back through dmesg there was stuff about ide ports already in > > use - rubbish. > > Not rubbish actually, but extremely accurate. Watch out with statements > like that when you ask for help... > See: http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/debian-installer/index#errata > (the workaround listed there will probably work for you) >
Ok. Point taken. Rubbish was possibly no the best choice of descriptors - Lets say the message was confusing, until you explain the underlying reason ;-). Have downloaded the latest stable kernel to try. Thanks for the advice, will let you know if it works for me. Cheers, James. > Sata support in 2.6.8 kernel is limited. You may want to try the daily > builds of the installer using 2.6.12 from: > http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/debian-installer/ > > > I noticed the people who assembled it attached the CD/DVD to IDE0 and > > the HD to IDE1 - thus the CD/DVD comes out on /dev/hda and the HD > > on /dev/hdc. > > With proper Sata drivers the HD should be recognized as /dev/sda (scsi) > instead of ide. > > > What more info is needed to track down the root cause and get the 2.6 > > kernel to work? > > Use newer version of the kernel. 2.6.8 is unlikely to be fixed. > > Cheers, > FJP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
