Hi Chetan, You would need to know which controller is accessing the sata drive. I am sure the drive itself is not the problem ;-).
F.e I am using a Sil 3114 (Silicon Image). You can start Knoppix and see with commands like "lspci" which controller you have. Best regards Nils Valentin Tokyo / Japan http://www.be-known-online.com > Hi list > > I have downloaded the latest debian64 image > (debian-31r0a-ia64-binary-1.iso) from debian.org. I burnt the image and > try to install but system didn't autoboot through CD-ROM. I also tried > |hd-media/initrd.gz|, |hd-media/vmlinuz images to boot directly from > hard disk. Installation started, but halted with failure in detecting > the hard drive. Please configuration of my system as given below: > > Processor: AMD Athlon64 3000+ > Motherboard: MSI RS480M2-IL Motherboard > Hard drive: Segate 80 GB SATA > Memory: 512 MB DDR 400 Mhz > > I have googled around and have also gone through the debain mailing > list, but couldn't find the exact solution. I would be highly grateful > for any suggestions. > > Thanks in advance. > > > With regards > > Chetan > | > > > -- > 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]

