On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 11:06 -0800, Rigoberto Corujo wrote: > Hi, > > I am a new Debian user and am trying to install 5.0.3 over the > network. My server has SATA drives and the installer isn't > recognizing them. In other words, "cat /proc/partitions" shows > nothing.
You might want to try configure your SATA controller in "Compatible" mode in the BIOS (instead of "AHCI") > > I noticed that the network version of the "initrd.gz" file is missing > the ata_piix.ko and libata.ko drivers. These drivers are present in > the Debian distribution, however. I tried copying the distribution's > ata_piix.ko and libata.ko drivers into the initrd.gz, but they won't > load because "insmod" says "Invalid module format". Does anyone know > if there's a workaround for this problem? Is Debian-Installer booting ? (the initrd in D-I includes all the sensible drivers. BTW, on installed systems, the initrd is built with 'MODULES=most' in initramfs.conf, by default) Which Debian-Installer do you use ? Where did you get the .ko modules from ? Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
