Fedora Core and SATA


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im trying to install Fedora Core on my PC, i have an SATA drive and it wont detect it :( i can install it fine on my laptop fine but not on my pc with the SATA .....anyone managed to do it?

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My roommate runs SATA and got every distro working with no fuss.

I have a PCI Controller card (not raid, but recognised as part raid, part SCSI) and have no problems either.

I think you just need to pay attention to the drive names it assigns to those disks. They will most likely not be hda1, hda2, etc.

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I (used to) have SATA working with Fedora.

I have the SATA chip built into my mobo, and it was supported in 2.4, but I did notice they added some more SATA stuff in 2.6.x,,,,

I would defintely compile myself the newest kernel...

I think it has more device drivers as well for the SATA controller, maybe yours was previously not supported?

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looks like my SATA controller is still not supported by 2.6, i tried fedora core 2 test 1 which has 2.6 and it didnt work.....neither did mandrake 10

What controller/chipset is it?

I think that SATA should probably come up as sda, sdb, etc...

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i was reading some information on the internet about the SATA controller i got and all of them said it was hopeless, even 2.6 is not going to support it

the SATA controller is SIS 964

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I had the exact same problem when I tried to install redhat Severn. After some digging, I found that linux could be installed if I switched my ATA setting to compatibility mode. I have an ASUS P4C800E-Deluxe but I'm sure there's an equivelent BIOS option. And as far as I know, the SATA specs are backwards compatable with PATA, it's just the fact you may have 3 ATA controllers (primary, secondary, tertiary) rather than just 2 that's the problem. With my comp, the SATA was set as the tertiary ATA controller which meant that older OSs didn't see it.

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my crappy board doesnt include any compatilibility mode :(

from the review i have read about the board it only supports Windows :( but im trying to see if theres someway i could get it to work

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my crappy board doesnt include any compatilibility mode :(

from the review i have read about the board it only supports Windows :( but im trying to see if theres someway i could get it to work

A lot of boards will show Windows compatibility, and ignore other OSes.

Maybe a BIOS update is available which will have more options?

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A lot of boards will show Windows compatibility, and ignore other OSes.

Maybe a BIOS update is available which will have more options?

just before i left my house, i downloaded a new bios update they released a week ago (i had the current one before that) and the option is back in the bios :)

ill try to install linux now :)

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i was reading some information on the internet about the SATA controller i got and all of them said it was hopeless, even 2.6 is not going to support it

the SATA controller is SIS 964

:(

I see on http://www.linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html that

SiS 964 South Bridge ? support is looking doubtful. Any details from the field will be appreciated.
Sorry to see that.
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ouch dude, i know what you went through.... i also have an SATA drive and was completely irrated and upset when I couldnt get it to work. I tried every major distrib out there (Mandrake, SuSE, Fedora, Knoppix even, Gentoo and the list goes on), but I managed to get it to work with Fedora Core 2 test1's 2.6 kernel. I paniced when I got my new PC cause I had to wait 8 months, which brings me to this month, to get it detected. I asked around at linuxfourms.org and gentoo's forums but they gave me no help. Your best bet is to stay with the distrib with the latest kernel.

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