>> On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 21:27 +0530, Siju George wrote:
>>> > I am trying to net install the amd64 port of Debian Sarge on my ne=
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>>> > amd64 athlon machine. >>> > It has got two SATA drives of 100 GB each. >>> > >>> > The installer doesnot detect the SATA Hard Disks. >>> > >>> > Could some one tell me why? Are there issues with the amd64 port
It is not AMD64 issue. The issue is most likely with the SiL HDD chip (SHown as ATI-HDD controller in MoBo specifications. Look up my post last year around the same time on this. Way out stick a SATA controller card in a pci slot and thigs start working. These are available for about 1.2K in Nehru Place. Another symptop is even if you install a 32bit version the hdparm out put will show very slow transfer rates. -- Sudev Brar I did use a SERIAL ATA PCI CARD on my rs480 motherboard. It went undetected. It was detected and worked fine on another m/c with intel845 chipset. Darshan ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list linux-india-help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
