On Sunday 21 August 2005 12:37 pm, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 12:28:03AM +0200, Alex The Koala wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > My old "server" machine is croaking and I'm going to get a > > replacement. Of course, Debian is getting installed here. > > > > I have been off the hardware loop and the Debian-installing loop for > > some time and I have two questions: > > > > 1) SATA support: namely, does Debian support it out of the box? I > > guess I'll have to choose a 2.6 kernel during installation to use > > it. > > Yes, with a 2.6 kernel. New 2.4.x kernels may have it, but do go for 2.6.x. > > > 2) Installing testing: what's the suggested way? Use the stable > > netinst and set it to install testing or use a testing snapshot? I'm > > worried about "stability" of the testing installer (or rather, I guess > > the stable netinst image will be 100% rock-solid, whereas testing > > might be 99.9% :) > > I have been installing Debian from the net (using an existing > GNU/Linux distro and booting into the installer). It detects my > hardware and my SATA drive et al. It works for me, but YMMV. > > Also, make sure you choose the 2.6 kernel installer. > > HTH. > > Kumar > > -- > Kumar Appaiah, > 462, Jamuna Hostel, > Indian Institute of Technology Madras, > Chennai - 600 036
Hi. I had Debian Sarge running of my SATA HD and CDROM (Plextor 712-SA) on 2.4 before I needed to upgrade to 2.6 for webcam and Skype support (thank you ALSA sound!) Anyway, I don't think you'll have too much trouble...that is if your SATA controller is supported. I am using an Intel i810 driver for mine, works like a charm. If you haven't purchased your hardware yet, be sure to check into this first. Please note that there is one problem with a Debian 3.1 2.6 kernel install from the install disc which is documented on the debian manual. Sometimes it will start installing your OS up until it gets to CDROM recognition and than fails to find it (even though you booted from it). To work around this use the expert mode (type expert26 from boot:) and manually select the CDROM drivers. Select just ide-generic, ide-cd, and isofs. Only side effect is that your SATA CDROM might not work post-install until you reconfig your kernel...but we know you were gonna do that anyway! =) steve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
