Hi Bartlomiej,

Thanks for the response!  I attach a file containing (I hope) all the 
answers to your questions.
Please shout if you need more.

Thanks,

- Chris

Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:

>On 1/22/06, Chris Bamford <chris@bammers.net> wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi Uwe,
>>
>>I have been unsuccessfully trying to get Linux to work with my SATA disk
>>on my ASUS Vintage AE-1 barebone machine.
>>
>>I have posted to the ASUS support site (see
>>http://vip.asus.com/eservice/techmailstatus.aspx?ID=WTM200601212130302557),
>>and am still waiting for a reply.
>>For more background on the problem, please see the attached message
>>which I sent to the ubuntu-users mailing list - which did not produce
>>any answers.
>>    
>>
>
>Thread is here:
>https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2006-January/063781.html
>
>  
>
>>The BIOS can see the SATA disk, but Linux does not!
>>If I type "lsmod | grep -i ata" it returns nothing (no 'ata' drivers
>>loaded). If I type 'locate sata_sis', it finds 2 copies, so I assume it
>>should be OK if I load the drivers with modprobe:
>>
>>    mobprobe sat_sis
>>    modprobe ata
>>
>>"lsmod | grep -i ata" now shows them loaded, but what do I do next?  the
>>devices /dev/sd* are not present, so I cannot access the disk. Am I
>>missing a step?
>>    
>>
>
>Don't know, you didn't send output of lsmod command.
>
>Does loading sata_sis module produces any messages?
>
>  
>
>>I tried to build the driver from the sources provided on the CD with the
>>machine, but it would not build (filesystem layout differences between
>>Fedora and Debian??).
>>
>>Anyway, please help!
>>
>>Any pointers/info/etc would be gratefully received.
>>    
>>
>
>What kernel version are you using?
>What is the lspci -vvv output?
>
>AFAICS:
>
>* Ubuntu 5.10 is based on kernel 2.6.12.6
>* SiS 182 support was added in kernel 2.6.14
>
>Ben, any suggestion?
>
>Thanks,
>Bartlomiej
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>