Re: Can't find SATA driver
On Monday 02 February 2004 14:11, ljezek@atlas.sk wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> I have Soltek FRN2 motherboard with integrated Promise Fasttrak SATA RAID.
> In the reatil pack, there have been drivers for Win XXX included, but no
> LINUX drivers. ;-( NOONE - neither Soltek, nor Promise were able to send me
> drivers for my HDD. I do not know much about Linux yet, but I don't think
> that there's already a Kernel that has built-in support for SATA drives, or
> is it?! I do not want and plan to buy an IDE HDD, could U suggest anything
> that would help me solve this and install?!
>
> Many Thanks in advance for any help!
>
>
> LJ
>
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With some SATA interfaces you can configure the BIOS to look like a
traditional IDE interface, and then it works as of old. Then you can
install your system and get all the right drivers installed and switch
over when you are ready. So have a look in the BIOS settings for
your motherboard.
David
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