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It looks like the Sarge installer, based on kernel 2.6.8, does not recognize your SATA drive. A newer kernel might. You could try installing Etch or Sid rather than Sarge.
I'm not sure, but you may be able to boot with the Sid installer and have it install from stable (Sarge). I seem to remember reading something about this possibility. You would probably have to boot the Sid installer with "expert" or "expert26" to find an option to install stable - if that option even exists at all.
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