SATA detection

[C M Reinehr]

On Thursday 08 March 2007 23:11, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Net Llama! wrote:
> > 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?
>
>   it is called sata_sil

Tony,

I don't remember that you've ever told us what kind of SATA controller you 
have. I just took a quick look at your MB (it's a Gigabyte GA-7VT600, isn't 
it?) and don't see any onboard support for SATA. Are you using an add-on 
card?

This website may help you to resolve your problem:

http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html

Cheers!

cmr

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