Re: Can Fedora/Linux see a drive on a SATA PCI Card?

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On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 09:40:42PM -0600, Adam Radabaugh wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a Maxtor SATA 150 PCI card (Tx2) that I use a 40GB/133 drive on for
> my Windows XP.  I have Fedora (Core 2) on a 20GB/66 Western Digital on IDE
> Channel 1.  Windows can read both drives without any drivers.  Fedora can
> only see the drive it is on.  It does see my Tx2 card and does install a
> driver for it (promise_sata) which is what it is but it will not read nor
> see a drive connected to it.
> 
> This makes my job of "dual-booting" frustrating as I have to, in BIOS, tell
> my computer which drive to look at first.  Either the SATA controller or the
> IDE channel.

I have the same drive and it works great. Ensure that your
/etc/modprobe.conf has the following line at the beginning:

alias scsi_hostadapter sata_promise


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Jack Bowling
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