On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 10:30:05AM -0700, Triskal wrote: > Hi there! > > I did a search for my problem, but couldn't find the answer. If I > overlooked it, I apologize. Also, I'm quite new to Linux (I've used it > for LaTeX, but not much else, and I'm an absolute novice at installing > Linux.) > > About my system: > [snip description of SATA based system] > > The problem: > > The installation program didn't recognize either of my two hard discs > (neither the one with Windows on it nor the new one): "no partitions > found".
essentially, sarge didn't support SATA. > > Now, I'm currently downloading DVD iso images with Etch on it in the > hope that Etch can handle SATA hard discs (since Sarge could not). Is > there any point in doing this (i.e., does Etch still have the same > problems with SATA discs)? Or what should I do? etch has *much* better support for SATA, though there are still some issues. You'll most likely have no problems though. A
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