On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 01:01, Andrei Mikhailovsky wrote: > Hi, > > A week ago I got myself a new m/b with 64bit 3200+ cpu. The motherboard > is very similar to yours, namely GA-k8ns ultra for 939 pin cpu. > > I've downloaded the same netinstaller and didn't have any issues what so > ever. The installation went smooth, no errors at all. One of the > differences is that i use IDE hard disk rather then the SATA. > > I've read that there are some issues with sata in the kernel, perhaps > you should google for it.
Hi Andrei, I have been googling SATA and 2.6 kernel and there is a lot to read! Some issues with my hardware and drivers appear to have been partially resolved, eg there are beta sata_nv modules and sata_sil modules for nVidia and Sil 3112/3512 drivers. I'm puzzled why the SATA hard drive gets partitioned on a 2.4.27 install but is not detected on a 2.6.8-1 install. My mobo is a 754 pin but I don't think that's the issue here. Thanx, Norv