I was finally able to install Debian GNU/Linux with the "linux26" method.
It turned out that the installer had an issue with my partition table. I simply wiped it out and cfdisk'd a new partition layout. After that, the installation went very smooth. I did not encountered any issue. Unfortunately, that did not fixed the problem with the standard "linux" method. It still locks up the system at the same place, e.g. while loading the 'ide-detect' module. Now, to complete my original report... uname -a: Linux clownfish 2.6.8-1-k7 #1 Thu Nov 25 04:13:37 UTC 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Output of lspci and lspci -n: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lspci 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1) 0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1) 0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1) 0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1) 0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1) 0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1) 0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4) 0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2) 0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) 0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) 0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) 0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3) 0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2) 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1) 0000:01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 (rev 11) 0000:01:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 03) 0000:01:0a.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game port (rev 03) 0000:01:0a.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port 0000:01:0b.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD Technology Inc) SiI 3112 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02) 0000:03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV28 [GeForce4 Ti 4200 AGP 8x] (rev a1) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lspci -n 0000:00:00.0 0600: 10de:01e0 (rev c1) 0000:00:00.1 0500: 10de:01eb (rev c1) 0000:00:00.2 0500: 10de:01ee (rev c1) 0000:00:00.3 0500: 10de:01ed (rev c1) 0000:00:00.4 0500: 10de:01ec (rev c1) 0000:00:00.5 0500: 10de:01ef (rev c1) 0000:00:01.0 0601: 10de:0060 (rev a4) 0000:00:01.1 0c05: 10de:0064 (rev a2) 0000:00:02.0 0c03: 10de:0067 (rev a4) 0000:00:02.1 0c03: 10de:0067 (rev a4) 0000:00:02.2 0c03: 10de:0068 (rev a4) 0000:00:08.0 0604: 10de:006c (rev a3) 0000:00:09.0 0101: 10de:0065 (rev a2) 0000:00:1e.0 0604: 10de:01e8 (rev c1) 0000:01:08.0 0200: 1317:0985 (rev 11) 0000:01:0a.0 0401: 1102:0004 (rev 03) 0000:01:0a.1 0980: 1102:7003 (rev 03) 0000:01:0a.2 0c00: 1102:4001 0000:01:0b.0 0104: 1095:3112 (rev 02) 0000:03:00.0 0300: 10de:0281 (rev a1) -- Patrick Clément-Bonhomme Département de génie électrique et de génie informatique Université Laval http://www.gel.ulaval.ca
