Debian Sarge on a PE850

[Massimiliano Chinni]

Santi Saez wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need to install Debian Sarge on a Dell PE850 server with a SATA  
> disk. Sarge and Etch installers do not detect the disk, because ICH7  
> controller is not supported by those kernels, Sid however installs  
> without problems.
>
> I have tried to boot with Sid kernel in expert mode and choose  
> "stable" version tree to install, but this method doesn't work :(
>
> It's there anyway to install Sarge on this server? or a link  
> explaining howto modify Sarge netboot/ISO to change the kernel (*),  
> or perhaps someone has made a installer with a newer kernel..
>
>   
maybe you can try something like 
http://compsoc.tardis.ed.ac.uk/DebianSargeOnDellPowerEdgeSC430

Hope it can help you



Massimiliano Chinni
> I have also tried to change in the BIOS SATA access mode to "legacy"  
> to see SATA disks as PATA, but I think this option is not supported  
> by Dell BIOS, I am confused?
>
> Regards,
>
> (*) I have found this link at http://linux.dell.com but doesn't  
> work..http://www.net.oregonstate.edu/~kveton/debian
>
> --
> Santi Saez
>
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