Re: How to Install Debian Sarge on SATA drive???


> Thanks for the input. I have downloaded the drivers for my version of
> linux. The next step is to find out how to get the drivers loaded so
> that the Debian OS will recognize my SATA drive.
>
> My son works with Win systems and told me that when Win is installing,
> if it can't find a hard drive it asks for drivers. I don't know how
> the process might work with the Debian Sarge installer. My first
> try, the installer found the two IDE drives and didn't ask for info
> about other potential drives. Do you know if it will ask for drivers
> if no hard drive is found? I can unplug my IDE drives for the
> installation if that makes sense.
>
> any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Bill
>
When you boot from the disc in there should be a splash screen with a
boot prompt there. Hit F1 to check and make sure you are installing
the 2.6 series kernel. Also, you can check the parameters listed there
to see what you need to type at the boot prompt to get the drivers for
the SATA working. Make sure you are using the Debian 3.1r0a installer.
Personally, if you have a simple network with dhcp and an active
internet connection I recommend using the Debian 3.1r0a netinstall.
Download the tiny image <200mb burn to RW disc if you have one and then
start the install from that.
Check out this guide for more help too:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/index.html.en
Also, here is the link for the netinstall image:
http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/

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