From: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>
To: indyszeto <indyszeto@yahoo.com.hk>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux Redhat 9.0 - SATA HDD compatibility
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:25:44 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <459E5FE8.3080208@shaw.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1167988994.999206.298700@s80g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
indyszeto wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I had one set of RH9 installation disk made around 1-2 years ago. I've
> just bought one new WD 320GB SATA II HDD (320KS) and intend to install
> RH9 there. I used my existing PC (P4 CPU, Gigabyte motherboard),
> unplugged all existing HDD (w/ Windows XP installed) power so that the
> new SATA II HDD was the only HDD connected. I powered on PC after
> physical installation, everything seemed ran alright (BIOS could detect
> CPU, RAM, DVD drive, HDD, etc). RH9 installation program ran as
> expected but terminated at 'Disk Partition Setup', error was 'No drives
> found'.
>
> I haven't done any partition or formatting work to this new SATA II HDD
> since I bought it. Why RH9 couldn't detect the drive while BIOS could ?
> Do I need to use more updated version of Redhat Linux to enable
> installation on this SATA II HDD ?
Red Hat 9 had very little support for SATA controllers, it's way out of
date now. You need a newer Linux distribution.
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Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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2007-01-05 14:25 ` Robert Hancock [this message]
2007-01-05 21:37 ` Linux Redhat 9.0 - SATA HDD compatibility Andreas Mohr
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