Please help with installation problem on IBM NetVista desktop

[Brian J. Conway]

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

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