RedHat 9 installer does not recognize SATA drive

[chalkrabbit 0]

I can't seem to be able to get RedHat 9 to pick up the SATA drive upon installation...are there any boot disks/driver disks that will allow me to install RedHat 9 on this drive?!?! There has been some discussion about other SATA issues but I can't seem to find a solution to my problem...HELP!!

[thibalex 0]

Hello

 

I got the same problem. Did you find a solution?

[chalkrabbit 0]

yeah, i ripped out the damn drive and put in an IDE :x

[thibalex 0]

Hiya...

 

I found out a solution (more info at http://www.linuxhardware.org/Features/03/04/16/1610236.shtml)

 

Summary: in the BIOS, you must set a "compatibility IDE mode" instead of "Enchanced". If I understood well, the Kernel which comes with the ISO don't recognize S-ATA drivers. Maybe a more up-to-date kernel does, but I couldn't try it (I have some problems with my network card, couldn't update my kernel).

[Tekchip 0]

I dont know where you guys have been or if you just didnt search the forums before posting but there was a previous thread discussing the 3112 under linux. Here's the link to that thread. http://www.linuxcompatible.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=508

 

Bottom line is that for 2.4.x to even see the drive you need a kernel patch that is linked to in that thread and Raid is only supported in unstable 2.5.x and the soon to be stable 2.6.x. Go read up.