The only difference between your setup and mine that i can see is that you installed debian on a SATA1 HD and i'm trying to install it on a SATA2 HD. Are they not supposed to be completely backwards compatilbe? With my recent experiences i dont think so. Is there anything i have to change in bios to make it run? When i switch the SATA2 controller off the pc hangs at boot which is strange because i plugged in my disc on the SATA1 slot so what does he need the SATA2 controller for? What do you mean when you say the Pre-Boot Execution Environment option failes? Does the PXE not start up or does an alteration of an PXE option not take effect? I'm reluctant to flash the bios - i never tried it - if it has nothing to do with the problem, since it is risky, more so because as you say it works without. When i try a debian installer with kernel 2.6.8 it hangs while partitioning. When installing debain from knoppix with debootstrap: debootstrap --arch --resolve-deps amd64 sarge /mnt/ http://amd64.debian.net/debian-amd64/ it just exits at random stages - once at "I: Extracting modutils..." sometimes later, once while trying to chroot. However cheers for the help.
- Peter --- Andrew Chant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > The stock BIOS on the ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 sucks. > The PXE option, at > the very least, fails approx. 60% of the time, with > no rhyme or > reason. There is a newer bios available on the > website, v1.2. Stock > is v1.1. Once I manage to get the system to boot, > however, everything > seems to work fine. > > I stuck with BIOS v1.1, and installed to an SATA > drive (Seagate) and I > never had the problems you are describing. I used > the daily installer > from amd64.debian.net/debian-installer on 9/21. > > -Andrew > > On 10/3/05, Peter Sheldrick > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have 1024MB of Ram. The make is: > > DDRRAM Corsair TWINX 320. Is it likely that the > bios > > is messed up? I didn't fiddle with it and its a > brand > > new mobo so the vendor is unlikely to offer a more > > recent bios. > > > > --- Lennart Sorensen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > schrieb: > > > > > On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 03:33:19PM +0200, Peter > > > Sheldrick wrote: > > > > Thank you very much! I couldn't wish for > better > > > > replies! > > > > > > > > I now connected my SATA2 disc to a SATA > connector > > > > although the mobo handbook advises against it. > > > When i > > > > start the installation with a cd made from > > > > sarge-amd64-2.6.12-netinst.iso available at > > > > http://tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/amd64/, i > modprobe > > > > sata_uli and the installer detects my disc :). > But > > > > when i try to format it, at one stage or the > other > > > i > > > > get at least: > > > > "Kernel panic - not syncing: PCI-DMA: high > addres > > > but > > > > no IOMMU" > > > > handler!" > > > > the furthest i got so far was past the > formatting > > > - > > > > installing the base system - but then one of > the > > > > errors above occured. > > > > Knoppix detects the disc and i can mount it - > but > > > > lsmod did not show sata_uli *puzzled*. > > > > So what do you guys recommend? Should i use a > IDE > > > HD > > > > instead? Is it likley that this is a silly > mistake > > > or > > > > some serious incompatibility where even if i > > > manage to > > > > install debian ugly errors are going to crop > up > > > later? > > > > > > Well I haven't used the Uli chipset so I have no > > > idea how good/bad it > > > might be or how the support is for it (other > than > > > support at all is very > > > recent in the kernel). > > > > > > How much ram do you have? > > > > > > I am surprised at the 'no IOMMU' message unless > you > > > have 4GB or more of > > > ram and the bios is misconfigured and/or broken. > > > > > > Len Sorensen > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? > Contact > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > Was denken Sie über E-Mail? Wir hören auf Ihre > Meinung: > http://surveylink.yahoo.com/wix/p0379378.aspx > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ Was denken Sie über E-Mail? Wir hören auf Ihre Meinung: http://surveylink.yahoo.com/wix/p0379378.aspx -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
