RedHat 9 installer does not recognize SATA drive
I can't seem to be able to get RedHat 9 to pick up the SATA drive upon installation. . . are there any boot disks/driver disks that will allow me to install RedHat 9 on this drive?!?! There has been some discussion about other SATA issues but I can't seem to find a solution to my problem.
I can't seem to be able to get RedHat 9 to pick up the SATA drive upon installation...are there any boot disks/driver disks that will allow me to install RedHat 9 on this drive?!?! There has been some discussion about other SATA issues but I can't seem to find a solution to my problem...HELP!!
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yeah, i ripped out the damn drive and put in an IDE :x
Hiya...
I found out a solution (more info at http://www.linuxhardware.org/Features/03/04/16/1610236.shtml)
Summary: in the BIOS, you must set a "compatibility IDE mode" instead of "Enchanced". If I understood well, the Kernel which comes with the ISO don't recognize S-ATA drivers. Maybe a more up-to-date kernel does, but I couldn't try it (I have some problems with my network card, couldn't update my kernel).
I found out a solution (more info at http://www.linuxhardware.org/Features/03/04/16/1610236.shtml)
Summary: in the BIOS, you must set a "compatibility IDE mode" instead of "Enchanced". If I understood well, the Kernel which comes with the ISO don't recognize S-ATA drivers. Maybe a more up-to-date kernel does, but I couldn't try it (I have some problems with my network card, couldn't update my kernel).
I dont know where you guys have been or if you just didnt search the forums before posting but there was a previous thread discussing the 3112 under linux. Here's the link to that thread. http://www.linuxcompatible.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=508
Bottom line is that for 2.4.x to even see the drive you need a kernel patch that is linked to in that thread and Raid is only supported in unstable 2.5.x and the soon to be stable 2.6.x. Go read up.
Bottom line is that for 2.4.x to even see the drive you need a kernel patch that is linked to in that thread and Raid is only supported in unstable 2.5.x and the soon to be stable 2.6.x. Go read up.
