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| Author: | revykevy2007 [ Mon May 26, 2008 8:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | unable to install to a sata hard drive |
I have a machine with a sata western digital 500gb drive on a via 8237 chipset and knoppmyth does not recognize the drive. Is there a way of inserting the correct mod or should i "try" a newer kernel, or some other trick I have not found yet? |
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| Author: | tjc [ Mon May 26, 2008 9:06 am ] |
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You're not providing a lot of detail to go on. - Check what the BIOS sees the drive as. If the BIOS doesn't see it then KM doesn't have a chance. - Do you have a PATA device (say an optical drive) that's showing up as /dev/hda and fooling the installer? - What type of drive? How is it jumpered? ... - What motherboard? Have you checked your BIOS settings? ... The answers you get are only as good as the question you ask. |
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| Author: | cliffsjunk [ Tue May 27, 2008 1:56 am ] |
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Two things to check though... Your BIOS should have a SATA mode setting. "Native" vs. "Legacy" although wording varies. The Legacy mode is more compatible in my experience. When installing Windows on a Dell box at work, I found that I either needed the driver floppy, or I needed to set this mode to "Legacy". You might try downloading a recent Knoppix CD/DVD and seeing whether it has a hard time with it in Native mode too. Cliff |
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