Hi folks, Nice work on the new Debian installer. It worked great on an install to a Dell with a PIII. Unfortunately, I'm having troubles getting it to work with it on a newer Dell system that has an ICH6 SATA controller. Here's my report:
-------------------------------- Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: rc1 - Aug 17, 2004 - http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ uname -a: Linux (none) 2.6.7-1-386 #1 Thu Jul 8 05:08:04 EDT 2004 i686 unknown Date: Aug 17, 2004 1600EST Method: Debian installer CD for i386 Machine: Dell Dimension 8400 Processor: Pentium 4 3.2Ghz with hyperthreading Memory: 1Gb Root Device: none Root Size/partition table: Can't view partition table Output of lspci: There is no easy way to cut this info to my other workstation as my network card is not recognized (Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx). Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [E] Config network: [E] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [E] Partition hard drives: [E] Create file systems: [ ] Mount partitions: [ ] Install base system: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Reboot: [ ] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: The network configuration fails due to it being a card with a proprietary Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx chipset. Apparently Broadcom has Linux drivers available. I only included this error for sake of submitting a complete report. My main problem is getting Debian to recognize the harddisk. Here's what I've tried: * running the installer with 'linux26' * turning on "ATA only" in BIOS * turning on "SATA/PATA" combo mode (interestingly, the Libranet distro that supports SATA can see the drive in this mode) * turning on "AHCI mode" and using modprobe to load ata_piix and libata The SATA controller is a ICH6 which is supposedly supported by the latest ata_piix and libata. I'm not sure which version of these libraries are being included with the installer but it's not working for me at present. I found a reference in the archives to how to get the installer to work with the piix SATA controller[1]. I know how to compile a kernel but don't know how to build an installer. Any pointers or advice would be appreciated. Let me know if I need to provide more details. Thanks, William [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/07/msg03903.html -- Knowmad Services Inc. http://www.knowmad.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
