Re: Linux Redhat 9.0 - SATA HDD compatibility

Re: Linux Redhat 9.0 - SATA HDD compatibility

[Robert Hancock]

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Red Hat 9 had very little support for SATA controllers, it's way out of
date now.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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Re: Linux Redhat 9.0 - SATA HDD compatibility

[Andreas Mohr]

Hi,

On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 08:25:44AM -0600, Robert Hancock wrote:
> indyszeto wrote:
> > 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.

"very little support" seems excessively positive to me given that even RHEL3
(which, notwithstanding its progressing outdatedness, is incredibly more recent
than RH9) gained SATA support in its last update only (update 7),
IOW only RHEL4 has good SATA support (I'm not even sure whether its
initial release had it).

Why I know all this? Been there, done that... (piggybacked RHEL3 non-update-7
SATA install via Debian master boot)

So yes, RH9 is DEAD, especially when playing with SATA hardware, deal with it.

Andreas Mohr