[opensuse] Installation disk detection problems



New machine:

Asus M2N-VM mobo (NVIDIA GeForce 6100 chipset)
2 WD800JD 80G SATA2
PIONEER DVD-RW SATA

SuSE 10.1 (10.3 on the way, but I wanted to test the box)

This thing has 4 SATA slots on the mobo. Near as I can figure it
the order (when looking in the box at the board looks like

2 3

1 4

by experimentation with cables and what the BIOS says.

All drives are recognized by the BIOS.

Here's the problems:

Only with the DVD-RW in slot 1 can SuSE figure out that the
installation media is present
(c.f. http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CD_not_found_problem)
but it *is* an SATA drive, one which works fine for installation
in the machine on which I am typing this email.

With the DVD-RW in slot 1, Installation begins, but the installer
says it can't find any hard drives.

Kernel messages show

ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0)

Install with "Safe Settings" didn't help.

Google shows various people having similar issues, but seemingly
with different motherboards. Not sure if there's a driver which
needs to be loaded or what.

Following url has decent-looking specs of this motherboard:

http://www10.uk.shopping.com/xPF-ASUS-ASUS-M2N-VM-DH-mainboard-micro-ATX-nForce-430

Does SATA2 put me in trouble here?

Thanks in advance.

Michael
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