Re: [SLE] Problem with SuSE 9.2 and SATA

From: Andre Truter (andre.truter_at_gmail.com)
Date: 01/30/05

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    On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 19:31:41 +0200, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
    > >
    > > I see there is a newer BIOS version out. Will give that a go.
    >
    > I can confirm that my Intel Bayfield I865G works with SATA and to my
    > knowledge the BIOS has not been updated.
    >
    > Perhaps the fact that I also have an IDE drive connected to the
    > motherboard yields a different result? or the fact that the machine is
    > dual-boot I dunno. Perhaps try adding in a
    > small IDE drive as well as the SATA drives and see if that works.
    >

    I discovered that both drives are in fact IDE (ATA/100). I originally
    assumed that it was SATA drives because the BIOS was set up to enable
    SATA.

    But I disabled SATA and the WD drives that I tried are also IDE.

    I also tried an older IDE drive (no ATA) and the system did not even pick it up

    I think that SuSE 9.2 and the latest kernel of SuSE 9.1 just does not
    play on that specific mobo.

    I have installed 9.1 again and it is running with the shipped kernel.
    I cannot even upgrade the kernel.

      

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