How Install Linux on SATA Drive?

[mshoaibrajput 0]

I have HP XW400 3.2GHz 2GB DDR1 and 160 SATA Drive (4 partition)i tried to install Linux on this bue i get same error nedd sata driver. please advise me which flavor of linux or kernel version is supported that drive.

[mshoaibrajput 0]

M. Shoaib Rajput

[danleff 0]

What distro of Linux and version number are you trying to install?

[toast 0]

most newer Linux distro's have sata drivers and install out of the box w/ sata drives i ahve a sata drive and i use Slackware and i belive slackware has had sata support for a few years and so has ubuntu (i think) and a few other distro's