Re: Debian Installer SATA detection

From: Clive Menzies (clive_at_clivemenzies.co.uk)
Date: 07/26/05

  • Next message: contents_at_appliedrheology.org: "Applied Rheology - contents July 2005" 
    Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 11:52:16 +0100
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org

    On (25/07/05 22:30), Grant Thomas wrote:
    > I have a problem getting the Debian Installer to recognize my SATA
    > controller.
    > My computer is a ST20G5, a Shuttle small form factor PC.
    > Currently I have an 80G SATA drive, and a 120G PATA drive to work with.
    > I have been able to setup Debian with no problem on the PATA drive, but I
    > would rather have the SATA working.
    > I have confidence that the hardware is good, as I have installed XP to the
    > SATA drive, and it works flawlessly.
    >
    > The SATA conrtoller is a ULi M5287.
    >
    > The methods I have tried are:
    > Sarge netboot,netinstall,businesscard CD images and the last few daily
    > builds of the netinstall and businesscard CD for the i386
    > and the AMD64 sections of the ports.
    >
    > I am at a loss of what to do, but have only come up with some information
    > that may help in fixing this problem.
    > Working off of a previous post by Jim Blake, I have the outpus of lsmod
    > and lspci -v.
    > My files are not after the hardware detection, as indicated in the
    > previous thread, but on my installed debian system on the same
    > machine.
    >
    > At this point the SATA is not crucial to the system working, but I would
    > prefer to keep this entire drive(PATA) for data only.
    >
    > If it is not possible at this time to configure the drive for boot, I
    > would also be interested in detecting the device and using
    > it inside my current Debian install.
    >
    > Thanks for any help anyone may throw my way.
    > Grant

    If you already have Debian installed on the PATA drive you could load
    the necessary modules (for SATA) using 'modconf'. You could then use
    chroot to install a debian system on the SATA drive.

    However, it would seem you want to do a fresh install and the installer
    is not picking up the SATA drives. Try
    # expert26
    at the boot prompt. It will then give you access to many more modules
    for the install; I haven't checked the compatability list for the SATA
    controller.

    Regards

    Clive 

    -- 
www.clivemenzies.co.uk ...
...strategies for business
-- 
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org 
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
  • Next message: contents_at_appliedrheology.org: "Applied Rheology - contents July 2005"

    Relevant Pages

    • Re: Win2K SP4 and SATA
      ... I take it I'd need a Windows 2000 SP4 CD for that to work though, as a repair ... Install SATA controller drivers onto EXISTING Win2000 system. ... >> SATA drives? ...
      (microsoft.public.win2000.setup)
    • Re: Fedora Core 3 crashes when installing on several (Dell) SATA machines
      ... > The kernel gives a bunch of errors when loading the sata driver. ... I encountered such a problem when I tried to install FC3 on a Dell ... PowerEdge SC420 box with SATA drives. ...
      (Fedora)
    • Re: SATA with RedHat on Intel S875WP1-E Motherboard with Promise PDC20319
      ... those I had on a Sil3112 controller with 2 SATA drives attached. ... The base problem is that most kernels don't have the SATA controller chip ... It also depends on what was built into the kernel ... On my system (with a later install cd) I could use ...
      (comp.os.linux.hardware)
    • Re: How do I install Redhat 9.0 using a Seriel ATA Drive?
      ... >> automated install. ... > rh9 existed before SATA drives existed, ie, no drivers, no possibility ... I agree that it's easier to install a distribution that supports SATA ...
      (linux.redhat)
    • sarge debian installer
      ... I have downloaded yesterday an official image of Sarge with jigdo and tried to install it on my computer. ... The problem is debian installer doesn't recognize my sata hardrive or controller. ... Hitachi 120 GB 7K250 plugged on my SATA controller ...
      (Debian-User)