Okay, I see I could do the floppy options but I don't have any floppy drives unfortunatly. Ubuntu seems to not have any support for it either. I also downloaded the latest debian-installer from yesterday and still had no luck :(
On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 23:49:17 +0100, Mark Crean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chad Davis wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > I have a highpoint HPT373 controller and am trying to install Debian. > > However I can not get it to read the drives because none of the > > kernels have the correct drivers included. How can I deal with this > > and get debian installed? What are my options? Any feedback would be > > appreciated! > > > > > FWIW, I have the same controller and had a hassle installing a different > distro (SuSE). I've subsequently used both ordinary kernel drivers and > highpoint's own stuff which I compiled and inserted myself. Neither > worked all that well. My impression is that it's best to run the OS off > one of the ordinary, non-highpoint ide or sata channels and keep the > highpoint stuff for disks carrying data as distinct from a boot disk and > OS. This would allow you to install as normal, then get to grips with a > custom kernel later in order to bring the highpoint disks online. Just > my 2 cents. > > :) > > Fish > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Chad Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
