fedora installer not recognizing SATA

Hello i am trying to install Fedora 6 on the Dell Optiplex box and installer does not recognize the SATA drive. The BIOS does not have an option to switch to PATA. Is there a way to upgrade the installer? Any other solution? thank you...

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#179596 - 02/14/08 10:39 PM fedora installer not recognizing SATA dole stranger Registered: 02/14/08 Posts: 5 Hello i am trying to install Fedora 6 on the Dell Optiplex box and installer does not recognize the SATA drive. The BIOS does not have an option to switch to PATA. Is there a way to upgrade the installer? Any other solution? thank you Top

#179598 - 02/15/08 01:59 AM Re: fedora installer not recognizing SATA danleff Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/30/02 Posts: 2864 Loc: Albany, NY You did not specify what exact Optiplex model that you have, but have you considered Fedora 8, which would likely support your system hardware? _________________________ "I love it when a plan comes together." - Hannibal Smith Top

#179601 - 02/15/08 05:23 PM Re: fedora installer not recognizing SATA dole stranger Registered: 02/14/08 Posts: 5 It is Optiplex 775 I actually have Fedora 8 running on it now. The problem is that I have problems with video quality (due to either driver or new Xorg). So I wanted to backtrack to Fedora 6... thnx Top

#179603 - 02/15/08 08:01 PM Re: fedora installer not recognizing SATA danleff Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/30/02 Posts: 2864 Loc: Albany, NY Take a look at this article. It describes a different model, but what happens when you pass; linux pci=nomsi as he did at the installer splash screen? What graphics card is in this system? _________________________ "I love it when a plan comes together." - Hannibal Smith Top

#179604 - 02/15/08 08:30 PM Re: fedora installer not recognizing SATA dole stranger Registered: 02/14/08 Posts: 5 I cannot get past 'Select driver' stage at the very beginning. The installer cannot find the hard drive, offers to Select driver, i choose 'ata_piix' and it fails. The box has Q35 chipset and integrated 3100 Intel graphics Top

#179607 - 02/16/08 01:38 AM Re: fedora installer not recognizing SATA danleff Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/30/02 Posts: 2864 Loc: Albany, NY Looks like ICH9 support for sata, from what I have read, was not available until the 2.6.21 kernel. This would explain why Fedora 8 works. _________________________ "I love it when a plan comes together." - Hannibal Smith Top

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