www.k12ltsp.org i based on redhat 9 next version on fedora , has updated kernels included and works great Dean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Marjoram" <n.marjoram@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 1:00 PM Subject: SATA Disks help > Help! > > I am a little confused about SATA disks and whether they are supported > or not. I have just bought a collection of new parts to build a 3 Ghz > system, which includes a SATA drive. > > Installation of RH9 does not detect the SATA drive, but does detect my > old 40GB IDE drive. I have installed RH9 on this drive and checked to > see if the OS could detect the SATA drive / interface with no luck. Next > I patched up the system to the latest levels, including the kernel and > rebooted. The new kernel detects the SATA interface and drive no > problem, but then the boot promptly freezes when it looks for a boot > partition on the old IDE disk - it seems to have difficulty reading the > from IDE. > > I've found some information about the 2.6 kernel, but nothing about the > 2.4 kernel, can anyone help me with this ? > > Secondly is there a way to build a custom CD with the new RH patched > kernel so that I can boot and install from this new kernel? I'd like to > run the system on the new SATA drive. > > System spec : > > Gigabyte 8IPE1000 Pro > Chipset : > Intel 865PE MCH Northbridge > Intel ICH5 Southbridge - Nice MB - pity about the USB / Firewire > connectors > > Diamond Max SATA Plus9 80GB drive > > Nvidia FX5200 - Does not detect correctly manually edit X config > to use nv driver > > Thanks for your help, > > > Neil. > > > > > -- > Neil Marjoram > Systems Manager > UCL Adastral Park Campus > > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > > -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
