roy : modify your /etc/fstab in ubuntu (google the right options) so it will mount your sata drive with root permission to modify.
Zakk : you need to be more specify regarding the problems. most likely that whatever distro that you used, it failed / doesnt have the sata driver in the kernel or you need to input specific boot command to enable the sata support. duckz Roy Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: All Linux is not the same in the way that it handles file systems.You have to do more configuring with some. I have an SATA drive and have had trouble with Fedora in the past, but the latest version installed fine. Distros that have good hardware support are SimplyMEPIS (which I would avoid for the time being as they are still in BETA for the latest Debian based release) and PCLinuxOS. I have Ubuntu 7.04, MEPIS pre-BETA and PCLinuxOS installed on separate partitions of an IDE drive and Windows XP on a separate SATA drive that came with my machine. In all three distros the SATA drive shows and mounts fine. Ubuntu and PCLinuxOS give read-only access to the Windows drive, but MEPIS allows full read-write access by default. I can write to the drive as root under PCLinuxOS, but not under Ubuntu. I am sure that I could work around this if I cared, but I don't because I have loads of HD space. I suspect that if you try the Live disks from MEPIS or PCLinuxOs that you will not have a problem with your hardware because I have a similar chipset and SATA. My BIOS is HP and has some funky peculiarities, so you should have less problem than I did. ----- Original Message ---- From: Engine Head <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2007 8:27:24 AM Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Installing linux on a SATA hard drive. Hi All!! I just build myself a new computer. It has a SATA hard drive, and I am have trouble getting Linux to see the HD. XP installed without a problem. But I hate XP, and I can't get Linux to see it. I have tried to install Open SuSE, Ubuntu, Red Hat, and more! My specs are: MB = Biostar T7025-M2 CPU = AMD X2 4000 HD = 320 GB WD SATA Any help would be great! 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