On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 09:31:31AM +0100, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 08:55 +0100, cl@isbd.net wrote:
I am trying to install ubuntu 6.06 server on my new hardware. The system is intel core 2 duo based with all SATA drives (including the CD/DVD drive).
Hm interesting, I wondered when all SATA systems would start to appear (given that there is next to no difference in the cost on optical drives now) Was this a self build, brandname or OEM built machine ?
It's a Komplett 'custom' system. You specify the bits you want and they assemble it for you. They have a set of "know to work together" options for you to choose from (which I did) or you can click on an alternative (larger) selection of options where you are more on your own regarding compatibility.
So, how do I get this to actually install? I guess that the floppies with the SATA drivers for windows aren't going to help much, or will the ubuntu install recognise windows drivers?
The Windows drivers won't help much.
I thought not.
In your BIOS there may be an option to put the SATA interfaces into a legacy emulation mode...In this mode they should simply be a SATA interface on what looks to the OS to be a standard IDE channel.
Depending on your mainboard, this option (if it exists in your BIOS) may reduce the number of available SATA ports.
However my thinking is that if you can get a minimal system installed and updated it may be easier to get it working with the correct mass storage drivers from there rather than trying to fix it during installation.
The other thing you could try is booting Ubuntu up to a net installation from the floppy images. However I fear that if it can't see the CD-Rom then it is unlikely to see the Hard Disk(s) either.
Yes, a number of people seem to have managed to get Linux installed on this sort of system using alternative ways of installing, e.g. from a USB memory stick or from the LAN. I have an existing Slackware system running on the LAN so can go down this sort of route if necessary.
One more thing worth checking, a lot of newer boards come with multiple ATA chipsets which are presented on different groups of SATA (and PATA) headers. I must say that the only compatibility issues I have ever seen with SATA-Linux have been with the RAID chipsets.