RedHat 9 installer does not recognize SATA drive

#1 chalkrabbit

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Posted 27 June 2003 - 10:44 PM

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!!

#2 thibalex

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Posted 12 July 2003 - 08:12 PM

Hello

I got the same problem. Did you find a solution?

#3 chalkrabbit

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Posted 14 July 2003 - 03:37 PM

yeah, i ripped out the damn drive and put in an IDE :x

#4 thibalex

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Posted 16 July 2003 - 01:47 AM

Hiya...

I found out a solution (more info at http://www.linuxhard...6/1610236.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).

#5 Tekchip

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Posted 16 July 2003 - 02:19 AM

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.