Leo Britto wrote:
What is your motherboard? I had this same problem when installing linux on a A8N-VM CSM at home. I used knowppix to partition the drive and later I couldnt use it at all. So I had to upgrade my desktop's kernel to 2.6.15 because there was some problem with the sata drivers with earlier kernels. I had to do my install on a PATA drive and later connect the SATA drive and install the system again on it. Leo.
This is sort of a long story. I did not detail it in my original message. I have an EPOX EP-8VTAI mobo. It has 2 SATA ports on it. But when I connect the drive to them the system hangs in POST. So I bought an SATA RAID 2 port PCI Host Adapter and connected the drive to it, that works but with the earlier described problems.
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