> Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:32:46 +0100> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sat, Mar
> 10, 2007 at 20:30:52 +0100, agentace wrote:> > > > I installed debian on a
> PowerEdge 850 flawlessly in October of 2005 using a > > Testing NetInst CD.
> It's sad that the SATA support for this machine has > > since been removed,
> as I'm now attempting to install debian on another > > machine which is
> exactly the same (PowerEdge 850 bought at the same time as > > the other)
> using the Sarge Installer and it tells me that no partitionable > > media is
> detected. > > A quick clarification: Support for your SATA controller was not
> removed> from Sarge. Sarge never had this driver in the first place. Sarge
> was> released as "stable" in the beginning of June 2005, therefore it is not>
> surprising that it has less hardware support than a "testing" snapshot> of
> October 2005. No new drivers are added once a Debian release is> "stable".>
really? thats funny cause a system doesn't get unstable only cause you add a
new driver. its the same like creating the next stable version. the rules they
follow are all self-made, there is no god or president who disallow some things
so go and change the rules and update stable version. i dont ask for new huge
implementations, im just asking for supporting the current hardware.
