Re: linux/SATA boot device

larry collier wrote:
>
> I installed fc2 without a problem on a new computer with sata drives.
> Installed everything to the satas - the ide drive has win98se. No
> problems at all. Could not get fc3 to install properly on the same
> computer with no hardware changes. I added a second ide and tried to
> load all of fc3 to it. No worky.
>
> It appears to me that the installer when it sets up grub doesn't load
> the sata drivers that the boot process needs. The files are all on the
> sata drives in their proper places but /boot is incomplete. Grub.conf
> doesn't even reference any of the sata drives.
>
> HTH,
>
> Larry Collier
>
> Adam bultman wrote:
> > volz wrote:
> >
> >
> >>How can I determine if a particular mb with onboard SATA will work with FC3?
> >>
> >>I know the chipset.
> >>
> >>Googled some anecdotal evidence to suggest booting linux from SATA is occasionally
> >>problematic.
> >>
> >>--
> >>Karl Volz
> >>(907)264-7427
> >>volz@aeff.uaa.alaska.edu
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > You can try to search specific forums or help pages for your specific
> > chipset.
> >
> > It totally depends on how old the chipset is, and if it's been built
> > into the kernel (and more importantly, built into the kernel the install
> > disk runs on)
> >
> > Anecdotal evidence from me: My boss got a shuttle box with SATA, but
> > can't use it because the chipset wasn't supported by the OS he installed
> > (RH9). A coworker just installed FC1 onto a dell server with SATA the
> > other day, software RAID1.
> >
> >
> > adam
> >
> >
> >
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I've Fc3 on a Dell SC420 W/160gb SATA only and it works great, right out
of the box.
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Received on Fri Feb 25 12:51:25 2005