On Thursday 28 June 2007 04:02:38 Robert Cahn wrote: > I have a F7 system. It uses the x86_64 distribution. We had a lightning > storm and I was away. When I got back the system had hung and wouldn't > reboot. When I tried to put in the recovery CD and restore the system it > loads in a number of SCSI drivers. When it gets to, "Loading sata_sis > driver" progress halts. After a while garbage fills the middle third of > the screen and the disk spins on and on. I've tried to reinstall F7 but > the same thing happens. It appears the sata_sis driver is corrupted and > the system cannot update without it. Does anyone know a word around? > > /Bob Cahn > Gipsy Trail Club > Carmel, NY 10512 Try booting with a live distro and see if it sees your sata drive, it seems that either the drive or the controller chip may have bit the dust -- Guy Fawkes, the only man to enter the house's of Parliament with honest intentions, (he was going to blow them up!) Registered Linux user number 414240
