Bug#351487: installation-report

[Chris Stahl <thechris.ieee@gmail.com>]

chris@mosfet:~/Desktop$ dmesg | grep sata
[4294673.140000] scsi1 : sata_uli

And the mobo is a ULI based one.  there is a Jmicron sata2
controller on it as well, but it is not supported.  only the
southbridge (uli) sata ports are supported in linux as far as i can
tell.  I am 100% positive that sata_uli is the correct module for
the sata1 ports on the motherboard, it is what i used in gentoo as well
as what comes up in ubuntu.  i'm not sure why debian etch had
issues with it.  maybe there are patches to correct the issue.

i have to say, this is the best response i've gotten from any userbase
thus far.  when i posted bugs for gentoo they just called me
stupid...

On 2/5/06, Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org> wrote:

Quoting Chris Stahl (thechris.ieee@gmail.com):
> the image is from the debian.org page:
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/etch_d-i/beta1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
>
> The SATA controller is supported with sata-uli .

OK...the problem is narrowed down.

> > I suspect the unsupported SATA controller to be this, but I'm not sure:
> >
> > > 0000:00:12.1 IDE interface: ALi Corporation: Unknown device 5289 (rev
> > 10)
> > > 0000:00: 12.1 0101: 10b9:5289 (rev 10)

We need to cofnirm this hypothesis....Do you have any indication in
the Ubuntu dmesg output that the above device is really the one
requiring the sata_uli module?