Re: can FC4 write a boot block to a SATA drive?

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On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 02:55:05PM -0700, Reg Clemens wrote:
> Im back to trying to install Fedora on a machine with an Intel 945
> motherboard.  This is a new motherboard (chipset), and anything
> less than FC4 doesnt know about the SATA controller on this board.
> 
> Now I get a clean install, but when I try to boot, there doesnt 
> seem to be a boot block (I get the message 'insert a boot disk')
> 
> So, is this a known problem?  FC4 seems to be able to write to this
> disk, and fdisk was able to format it, is there a possibility that
> FC4 cant write a (usable) boot block?
> 
> Puzzled, and not sure what to try next (OK I can add a non-SATA disk
> but that seems like a waste)

We have several machines with SATA drives and FC4 installed.

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