Re: problems installing etch: no HD detected

Quoting michael@estone.ca:

> Quoting Marcelo Chiapparini <chiappa@oi.com.br>:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I need to install etch in a notebook which has MS-Vista installed. I
>> have shrinked the HD (using diskpart from inside Vista) in order to get
>> room for etch. I am using the etch netinstall cd, and the gui-expert
>> mode with the following parameters: "acpi=off pnpbios=off noapic
>> noapm" (I need these parameters in order to boot the Knoppix live CD,
>> so, I guess the same are need for etch). Everything is going fine until
>> the stage where the HD is detected: the etch installer doesn't detect
>> any HD...
>> The installed HD is a Western Diginal Scorpio HD (WD800BEVS), using the
>> SATA port 1. I wonder if I need any special module to be loaded during
>> the installation...
>> Any help will be very welcome.
>>
>
> Etch defaults with a 2.6.18 kernel which might not have the drivers for
> your chipset. Give lenny or sid a try, or if your heart is set on etch,
> then perhaps look for a custom etch install with backported kernels.
> 2.6.22 would probably detect your drive.
>
> Cheers,

sorry, I clicked on the wrong reply button, so here it is back to the list. Received on Fri Aug 31 11:22:22 2007