[SLE] SATA installation

From: Pacheco Jason NPRI (PachecoJ_at_Npt.NUWC.Navy.Mil)
Date: 11/25/03

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    I just recently built a new machine and the hard drive is a Seagate Barracuda 160GB SATA (crap! Don't buy). Anyway, I'm stuck with it now and that would be fine if I could get Linux on it. SuSE 8.2 does not recognize the drive in the installation. I have done some research and have found that many other people are having the same problem, especially with this drive and chipset configuration. I am running an ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe with the Intel 875P chipset. I am not sure of the SATA controller chipset, but I know that it has an onboard Promise RAID controller, I don't think the Promise chipset controls the SATA drive in a non-Raid configuration though. I am not using RAID.

     

    Anyway, what are my options to install SuSE? From what I understand the 2.4.22 kernel and newer has support for SATA drives, and that I must launch the installer from at least this version of the kernel. I believe I could install SuSE on an IDE drive, upgrade the kernel, and somehow launch the installation from that drive. Is this possible?

     

    Also, I am planning on upgrading to SuSE 9.0 anyway. Would this alleviate the problem? Or would I have the same trouble?

     

    Jason Pacheco

    Systems Developer

    Technology Center for Cables & Connectors

    Naval Undersea Warfare Center

    Code 2133

    PH: (401) 832-6482

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