sata problems

hey guys, can you help me? i want to install linux 9 on my pc but linux cant recognize my hd, i used 2 run linux on an ide hd and i can install it but i switched to sata now and it says no harddrive.

my mobo is msi p6n sli v2, x2 sata hd

a want to add linux with my 2 other os, media center edition and xp pro sp2

also can i add another os? i hav a jas mac os-x 10.4.8 and same problem, it cannot see mt sata hd

Could you be more specific on what Linux distro and version that you have? If you are speaking of RedHat 9 or SuSE 9, then these versions are older and do not have support for sata drives.

If this is the case, I suggest that you use a new version of the distro which have sata support. For example, Fedora 8 or 9 is installed on my three systems with sata with no problem.