Installation problem: No partitionable media found

On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 11:13:11PM +0200, Ogya Chief wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I wanted to install Debian Sarge on a new P4 machine with a 160 GB SATA
> hard disk drive. The installation failed with the following error message:
>
> No partitionable media found

Hello Ogya,

I guess your problem is caused by the lack of support for your SATA
chipset since the installer and kernel for Sarge are feature wise about
2 years old.

Maybe this website will provide you with some more helpful information:

http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html

Regards
Marcus

On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 11:13:11PM +0200, Ogya Chief wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I wanted to install Debian Sarge on a new P4 machine with a 160 GB SATA
> hard disk drive. The installation failed with the following error message:
>
> No partitionable media found
>
> What could be the problem and what am I missing? Any pointers on how to
> resolve this problem will be very much appreciated.

The problem is likely that Sarge is too old for your SATA. Try Etch.

Doug.

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Ogya Chief wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I wanted to install Debian Sarge on a new P4 machine with a 160 GB
> SATA hard disk drive. The installation failed with the following error
> message:
>
> No partitionable media found
>
> What could be the problem and what am I missing? Any pointers on how
> to resolve this problem will be very much appreciated.
>
> Kind regards
> Ogya
>
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Your best bet would be to try Debian Etch. I'm using Etch on my SATA
hard drive and it works like a charm. You can get one of the many Debian
Etch installers from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/

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