Debian installer won't recognize hd

uid0sd · 11-14-2006, 04:29 PM

Hi, all. I'm trying to install Debian 3.1 r3 but the installer fails to see my hard drive.

Western Digital Caviar 250GB
Model# WD2500KS

I receive friendly notification that,

"No partionable media were found.

Please check that a hard disk is attached to this machine."

Can someone point me in the right direction?

pljvaldez · 11-14-2006, 04:38 PM

It might have more to do with your motherboard. The kernel in Sarge is 2.6.8 and may not have a driver for your SATA controller. I would recommend installing Etch (Debian Testing). It comes with 2.6.17 as the kernel and will become the new stable release around the end of 2006.

uid0sd · 11-14-2006, 05:19 PM

Thanks, I will try a new install w/ Etch & let you know how it turns out...

pljvaldez · 11-14-2006, 05:30 PM

Sarge actually defaults to 2.4.27 now that I think about it... I was assuming you were using linux26 at the boot prompt to get 2.6.8.

uid0sd · 11-15-2006, 10:14 AM

Yes, I was specifying 'linux26' as a boot parameter when trying to install Sarge. However, I was able to get "Etch" installed no problem. Thanks again!