SATA detection

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Tony Alfrey wrote:
>> Net Llama! wrote:
>>> On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
>>>> OK, I'm trying to install blag linux, which has an installer that
>>>> searches for drives.  It does not find my SATA drive controller.  But
>>>> the bios sees the controller mounted on the PCI buss and announces the
>>>> two drives I installed.  When I set the bios up on this Gigabyte
>>>> motherboard to select boot order, it offers me a list of possible boot
>>>> devices.  It does not offer a "plug-in controller" like the bios on my
>>>> intel MB, but it does offer a SCSI option.  I assume that this must be
>>>> the same as a plug-in controller.
>>>>
>>>> So I cannot tell if this is a problem with the installer not knowing to
>>>> look for a SCSI controller or if this is a bios problem.
>>>
>>> Is the SATA controller not being detected, or is the disk attached to
>>> it not being detected?
>>>
>>
>
>
> When I attempt to install the driver (I suppose this is a kernel module)
> that I see is a very common driver for use with the SIIG boards and
> chipsets, the installer asks me for "parameters".  What parameters might
> those be?  What are "parameters"?

I dunno, which kernel module is this?

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