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www.k12ltsp.org i based on redhat 9 next version on fedora , has updated
kernels included and works great
Dean
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From: "Neil Marjoram " <n.marjoram@(protected) >
To: <shrike-list@(protected) >
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 1:00 PM
Subject: SATA Disks help
> Help!
>
> I am a little confused about SATA disks and whether they are supported
> or not. I have just bought a collection of new parts to build a 3 Ghz
> system, which includes a SATA drive.
>
> Installation of RH9 does not detect the SATA drive, but does detect my
> old 40GB IDE drive. I have installed RH9 on this drive and checked to
> see if the OS could detect the SATA drive / interface with no luck. Next
> I patched up the system to the latest levels, including the kernel and
> rebooted. The new kernel detects the SATA interface and drive no
> problem, but then the boot promptly freezes when it looks for a boot
> partition on the old IDE disk - it seems to have difficulty reading the
> from IDE.
>
> I 've found some information about the 2.6 kernel, but nothing about the
> 2.4 kernel, can anyone help me with this ?
>
> Secondly is there a way to build a custom CD with the new RH patched
> kernel so that I can boot and install from this new kernel? I 'd like to
> run the system on the new SATA drive.
>
> System spec :
>
> Gigabyte 8IPE1000 Pro
> Chipset :
> Intel 865PE MCH Northbridge
> Intel ICH5 Southbridge - Nice MB - pity about the USB / Firewire
> connectors
>
> Diamond Max SATA Plus9 80GB drive
>
> Nvidia FX5200 - Does not detect correctly manually edit X config
> to use nv driver
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
>
> Neil.
>
>
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> Neil Marjoram
> Systems Manager
> UCL Adastral Park Campus
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