SATA drives and Linux

From: Adams-Blake Co. (atakeoutcanton_at_adams.takeme.out.-blake.com)
Date: 10/11/03 

Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 03:04:19 GMT

I have a brand new box with 2 SATA drives. I can't install Slackware 9.1
unless I do a hell of a lot of kernel patching and compiling... something way
beyond my current abilites.

Is there a distro that WILL work with these new kind of drives?

Thanks,

Al