Thank you all for the answers!! Finally I managed to install etch using the workaround available here: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/SataAtapiHowto
as suggested by Stefan. The problem with SATA was solved both with cdrom and disk. Almost everything was ok (except for the ethernet - the Yukon chipset version 2 of a Marvell Gigabit Ethernet - but I solved the problem with the proprietary driver ...sigh...). Thanks again all Daniele Alle 17:06, mercoledì 17 maggio 2006, Stefan Srdic ha scritto: > Daniele wrote: > >Hi all > > > >I am an old Debian user and I would like to update a little bit my Toshiba > > M40 laptop. I am trying to install etch (now I have sarge) on the > > Toshiba. Unfortunately the etch installer is unable to mount the cdrom. > > It begins the installation without any problem until the detection and > > mounting of the cdrom drive. It complains that there is no driver for the > > cdrom. > >I have never had this kind of problem installing sarge! :-( > >As far as I know my DVD-RW drive should be a quite common EIDE device.... > > > >Any suggestions? > > > >Thanks, > >Daniele > > Daniele, > > There has recently been a lot of new "laptop" users who've had the > exact same problem. If you search the May 2006 archives you should find > the information that your looking for. Also, the D-I team has a > workaround available: > > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/SataAtapiHowto > > I have an M40 (JM8) as well, after the installation issues everything > was fine. Everything works (including the ICH6 modem and media card > reader) except for the firewire interface. > > Stefan -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Daniele Iencinella E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------
