On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 20:25, Chadley Wilson wrote: > On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 20:19, Mike Insch (as00000042) wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I hope someone can help me here - I've trued Google, Looking in Bugzilla, > > been on #fedora on IRC, and a few other places with no luck! > > > > In short, I am trying to install Fedora Core 1 onto a SATA Hard Disk. The > > SATA HDD is the only Hard Disk in the system. The problem is that the > > installer cannot see the disk to do the install! > > > > The relevant bits of the system spec are: > > Motherboard: MSI KT6V-LSR (KT600 Chipset) > > CPU: Athlon XP 2600+ > > RAM: 2x Crucial 512MiB Modules > > HDD: Maxtor 6Y120M0 120GB SATA > > -- > Chadley - Linux Rocks > Welcome to my world. > ****************************************************************** > This mail is free for distribution. You are free to - delete it - resend > it - use it in anyway that makes you happy. I am not responsible for it > or its content due to ignorance. > Enjoy the adventures of Linux > ******************************************************************* > > An IDE controller on the VT8237 chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with > PIO, Bus Master and > Ultra DMA 133/100/66 operation modes. > - Can connect up to four Ultra ATA drives. > > • Serial ATA/150 controller integrated in VT8237. > - Up to 150MB/sec transfer speeds. > - Can connect up to two Serial ATA drives. > - Supports RAID 0 or RAID 1. > > > > Does your bios detect the drive? > If it doesn't the read the manual because we had similar issues with > this board and windoseXplease here on the proline production line. > We are the agents for Msi SA so if you could give me more info on your > bios setup I could possible help. > I will in the mean time send my contacts at msi mail requesting the > linux drivers for your chipset. You could possible also get them from > viarena.com > I will check for it might take some time though. > > Later... I have got the link from MSi for your driver here it is... http://downloads.viaarena.com/drivers/RAID/VIA_RAID_Linux_V100.zip and the readme i assume is in the zip file, could see it on the site http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=297#raid You may need to make a driver disk for your installation Just boot your discs with the linux expert option and follow instructions to use it... Cheers -- Chadley - Linux Rocks Welcome to my world. ****************************************************************** This mail is free for distribution. You are free to - delete it - resend it - use it in anyway that makes you happy. I am not responsible for it or its content due to ignorance. Enjoy the adventures of Linux *******************************************************************
