From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161096AbXAEOZu (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Jan 2007 09:25:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161101AbXAEOZt (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Jan 2007 09:25:49 -0500 Received: from shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net ([24.71.223.10]:61386 "EHLO pd3mo3so.prod.shaw.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161096AbXAEOZt (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Jan 2007 09:25:49 -0500 Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:25:44 -0600 From: Robert Hancock Subject: Re: Linux Redhat 9.0 - SATA HDD compatibility In-reply-to: <1167988994.999206.298700@s80g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> To: indyszeto , linux-kernel Message-id: <459E5FE8.3080208@shaw.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=Big5 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <1167988994.999206.298700@s80g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 Red Hat 9 had very little support for SATA controllers, it's way out of date now.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. -- Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada To email, remove "nospam" from hancockr@nospamshaw.ca Home Page: http://www.roberthancock.com/