Re: installing 8.04 on sata drives prob
Hi Paul On Friday 03 April 2009 06:57:26 Paul Gear wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > ... > > > >> Check that the BIOS setting is AHCI on the SATA drives. It sounds like > >> it's in ATA emulation mode. > >> > >> Paul > > > > The Bios seems to have a Compatibility mode and an Enhanced mode re the > > ide ports which below that can be set to S-ata, P-ata, or S-ata + P-ata. > > Setting to compatibility mode sets the 3rd by default which I'm trying > > now. I swore I saw settings earlier re the DMA's and such but that may > > have been another pc I worked on the other day > > That sounds like the problem. You definitely don't want compatibility > mode. > > Paul I tried compatibility mode last night cuz in enhanced mode I was having the probs. Enhanced mode sets to S-ata by default. I find I'm having the same probs both ways, i.e. it gets thru the formatting of the drive just fine. It falls down with read errors when copying files to the HDD every time. Pretty much every cd and distro I tried has done the same which is what had me suspecting the pc as the culprit and the only thing different was the sata drives re other systems I've installed I've just dloaded 8.10 to see if that makes a dif as well James -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: installing 8.04 on sata drives prob
James Takac wrote: > ... >> Check that the BIOS setting is AHCI on the SATA drives. It sounds like >> it's in ATA emulation mode. >> >> Paul >> > > > The Bios seems to have a Compatibility mode and an Enhanced mode re the ide > ports which below that can be set to S-ata, P-ata, or S-ata + P-ata. Setting > to compatibility mode sets the 3rd by default which I'm trying now. I swore I > saw settings earlier re the DMA's and such but that may have been another pc > I worked on the other day That sounds like the problem. You definitely don't want compatibility mode. Paul begin:vcard fn:Paul Gear n:Gear;Paul org:Liberty Systems & Software email;internet:p...@libertysys.com.au tel;work:07 3122 2198 tel;cell:04 3183 7656 url:http://libertysys.com.au/ version:2.1 end:vcard smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: installing 8.04 on sata drives prob
Hi Paul On Thursday 02 April 2009 14:05:42 Paul Gear wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > Hi Guys > > > > I'm having probs installing ubuntu (32 bit) on a friends pc. Have loaned > > one of mine till I sort this out. Both live and alternate cds pass the > > integrity check yet both throw up read errors during the install phase. > > Both HDD and DVD drive are sata and bios shows them both on the same ide > > interface (#3) with the HDD as master and the DVD as slave. The processor > > is a 2.4g P4 celeron. Do I need to set specific parameters for the sata > > drives in BIOS maybe? The mobo is an ASUS PSGC-MX if that also helps. I'm > > not having much luck via google but suspect the prob to be related to > > both drives being sata and/or settings for the drives. Any ideas I can > > try? > > Check that the BIOS setting is AHCI on the SATA drives. It sounds like > it's in ATA emulation mode. > > Paul The Bios seems to have a Compatibility mode and an Enhanced mode re the ide ports which below that can be set to S-ata, P-ata, or S-ata + P-ata. Setting to compatibility mode sets the 3rd by default which I'm trying now. I swore I saw settings earlier re the DMA's and such but that may have been another pc I worked on the other day James -- Now you are going to ask me how to destroy this stark awareness of your self. You might be thinking that if you destroy this sense of your self you will destroy everythingelse too and you will be right. But I will answer this fear by telling you that without a very special grace from God and without a particular aptitude on your part, you will never beable to get rid of this naked sense of self. For your part, this aptitude consists of a robust and profound sorrow of spirit.Everybody has a special reason for grief, but the person who has a deep experience of himself existing apart from God feels the most acute sorrow. Once we have aquired this sorrow it not only purifies our souls, but it takes away all the pain merited by sin and thus makes the soul capable of receivingthat joy which takes from a man all sense of his own being. If this sorrow is genuine, it is full of holy longing. Otherwise nobody could bear it. from The Cloud of Unknowing -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: installing 8.04 on sata drives prob
James Takac wrote: > Hi Guys > > I'm having probs installing ubuntu (32 bit) on a friends pc. Have loaned one > of mine till I sort this out. Both live and alternate cds pass the integrity > check yet both throw up read errors during the install phase. Both HDD and > DVD drive are sata and bios shows them both on the same ide interface (#3) > with the HDD as master and the DVD as slave. The processor is a 2.4g P4 > celeron. Do I need to set specific parameters for the sata drives in BIOS > maybe? The mobo is an ASUS PSGC-MX if that also helps. I'm not having much > luck via google but suspect the prob to be related to both drives being sata > and/or settings for the drives. Any ideas I can try? > Check that the BIOS setting is AHCI on the SATA drives. It sounds like it's in ATA emulation mode. Paul begin:vcard fn:Paul Gear n:Gear;Paul org:Liberty Systems & Software email;internet:p...@libertysys.com.au tel;work:07 3122 2198 tel;cell:04 3183 7656 url:http://libertysys.com.au/ version:2.1 end:vcard smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
installing 8.04 on sata drives prob
Hi Guys I'm having probs installing ubuntu (32 bit) on a friends pc. Have loaned one of mine till I sort this out. Both live and alternate cds pass the integrity check yet both throw up read errors during the install phase. Both HDD and DVD drive are sata and bios shows them both on the same ide interface (#3) with the HDD as master and the DVD as slave. The processor is a 2.4g P4 celeron. Do I need to set specific parameters for the sata drives in BIOS maybe? The mobo is an ASUS PSGC-MX if that also helps. I'm not having much luck via google but suspect the prob to be related to both drives being sata and/or settings for the drives. Any ideas I can try? James -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
