[plug] SATA chipset support question

[Chris Caston]

On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 16:45, Cameron Patrick wrote:
> Chris Caston wrote:
> 
> | I'm eagerly preparing to install Linux on a new system with a MSI 845Pe
> | Max intel chipset motherboard sporting a Promise 20376 chipset that
> | controls 2 SATA and one Ultra DMA ports.
> [...]
> | Anyone know if there is an installer that would support this?
> 
> You didn't specify distribution,

That's okay. I'm a Debian user but I realise SATA is new and would have
an open mind to any freely download-able Linux that I could try that may
work with it.

>  but since you were asking earlier
> about debmirror (and because Debian is God's favoured distribution
> :-P), I'd recommend giving the beta4 sarge installer a shot. 

Okay I'll try that. Of course my debmirror won't have any udebs so I'll
need to download the packages (:

>  If it
> doesn't work, file an installation report - the debian-boot folks are
> generally pretty helpful and want to see their installer achieve world
> domination :-)
> 
heh

> Cheers,
> 
> Cameron.
> 
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