Happened to me too (chipset Intel 82801EB/ER, SATA disk, PATA CD/DVD burner). I managed to make Debian install with linux26 by manually loading piix, ide-generic and ide-cd before the bloody ata-piix gets loaded by debian installer. Otherwise CDROM would not be detected at all - the SATA driver somehow blocks it.
After installation I upgraded to 2.6.12. System booted up but CD was not functioning. To make CD/DVD work I had to rearrange drivers in the initrd as indicated in the link http://kerneltrap.org/node/3971 However, finally I was unable to turn DMA on the CD/DVD burner, so I gave up the BLOODY 2.6 thing and reinstalled with linux24 :-((( Krystof > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:50 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Can't install on ASUS MB -- need recommendation of > MB that will work > > I ordered and built what I thought was my next computer -- > dual-core Intel 820, asus P5WD2 -- I didn't expect I wouldn't > be able to install debian because of weird IDE/SATA > controller issues: http:// kerneltrap.org/node/5392. (I tried > disabling lots of drivers in expert install and changing bios > settings, but the netinst disc always fails to find the > CD-ROM -- probably the PATA disk drive I have too if it ever > got that far.) > > I spend hours putting the thing together, I don't want to > spend all weekend trying to build a custom kernel for it. Can > anybody recommend a relatively inexpensive Intel 775 > dual-core Intel 820 compatible MB I can buy instead? > > The other components I have are PATA disk, 2x1GB DDR2-533 and > a CD-ROM. > > Maybe I'll return the ASUS or more likely I'll just keep it > in hopes that one day I'll use it. > > Thanks, > Eric > >
