SATA detection

[Ric Moore]

On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 21:09 -0800, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Net Llama! wrote:
> > On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, 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 the installer looks for hard drives, it cannot find those attached
> >> to the controller.  It does not separately talk about seeing a
> >> controller or disks, it just cannot find disks.
> > 
> > Does the controller detect the disk during POST?
> 
> I don't know what is POST.

During boot, when all those bios comments flash and scroll by at
400mph... if you're lucky you can hit Pause/Break to halt it so you can
actually read what your bios says it sees, during the first stage of
your machine booting. If your machine has no problem during this stage
recognizing your controller and drives, then the following initial linux
stage of the boot process should see it as well. Dumb ole poot Linux
anyways. Just make that damn machine into a still, then forgetaboutit!
It'll be far more useful making home squeezings, at the rate you're
going.  <snickers>  Ric

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