Hello world,
I have just bought a new PC, a Dell Dimension 8400. I need a new dist of Linux to enjoy it. So I buy the complete DVD dist of Gentoo , 2004.3/x86.
I am trying to install Gentoo on my new PC. The DVD boots OK and show me the prompt to continue with the installation, but there is no device for the SATA hard disk. It is supposed to be /dev/sda1 but there is nothing similar in /dev.
The only thing I find are these lines in /var/log/messages.
Jan 23 23:46:04 livecd libata version 1.02 loaded. Jan 23 23:46:04 livecd ata_piix version 1.02 Jan 23 23:46:04 livecd ata: 0x1f0 IDE port busy Jan 23 23:46:04 livecd PCI: Setting latency time of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64 Jan 23 23:46:04 livecd ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xFEA8 irq 15 Jan 23 23:46:04 livecd ATA: abnormal status 0xFF on port 0x177 Jan 23 23:46:04 livecdata1: disabling port Jan 23 23:46:04 livecd scsi0: ata_piix
I try different options of the kernel at start-up, such as doscsi noapic but nothing works at all.
Is there any method to recognize the SATA disk correctly? Could anyone help me?
Thank you in advice.
Javier Valladolid.
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I have a similar dell machine that uses sata by VIA. * boot with livecd, no need to enter doscsi * insert the sata module (modprobe sata_via) * partition the drive (cfdisk /dev/sda)
eventually some other sata-module fits instead of the via. try using 'lspci' to determine the sata chip in your computer.
//Henrik
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