On 11/25/05, Bruno Buys <brunobuys@gmail.com> wrote:
Did you try to install the 2.4 kernel? Although some claim otherwise,
the 2.6 kernel installation is impossible (it was last time I tried, a
couple of months ago, and things seem to not have changed). Fact is
that 2.6 kernels detect SATA drives as SCSI, and therefore name them
/dev/sdaX. Problem is the installer creates a /etc/fstab with /dev/hdaX
entries for SATAs, hence the filesystem cannot be mounted after reboot
???? I´m positive this didn´t happen to me. Installed recently over a
sata disk. In fact it names
the device /dev/sda, but fstab is created correctly, with expert26 as a
parameter for the installer.
Thanx for your replies. I guess my laptop is too new... I tried using
the older 2.4 and 2.6 kernel (and tried expert modes), but the
installer just won't get past through partition step: "no partionable
media found".
There is also no option in my vaio's bios which lets me choose IDE
mode or anything... Seems I have to use winxp as a result..
I wonder how SATA support will be enhanced in linux in the future;
seeing the posts of people having trouble mounting/installing SATA
devices..
Greetings and thanks!
Silvain van Weers