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On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Bill Horne wrote: > Thanks for reading this. > > I'm trying to put Debian Sarge on an IBM NetVista desktop machine, but it > dies just at the point the Debian installer is detecting the hard disks. If > you have experience with the NetVista machines, please pass along any info > you have about drivers and hardware compatibility. > Any idea what hard drive controller is on the system (can you use the rescue function and do an 'lspci' or similar)? Is installing 4.0/Etch an option? I'd imagine you might have better luck with it if the problem is hardware support. I haven't used that model myself, just offering ideas. Brian J. Conway -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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