On 11/25/05, Bruno Buys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Did you try to install the 2.4 kernel? Although some claim otherwise, > >the 2.6 kernel installation is impossible (it was last time I tried, a > >couple of months ago, and things seem to not have changed). Fact is > >that 2.6 kernels detect SATA drives as SCSI, and therefore name them > >/dev/sdaX. Problem is the installer creates a /etc/fstab with /dev/hdaX > >entries for SATAs, hence the filesystem cannot be mounted after reboot > > > > > ???? I´m positive this didn´t happen to me. Installed recently over a > sata disk. In fact it names > the device /dev/sda, but fstab is created correctly, with expert26 as a > parameter for the installer. > Thanx for your replies. I guess my laptop is too new... I tried using the older 2.4 and 2.6 kernel (and tried expert modes), but the installer just won't get past through partition step: "no partionable media found". There is also no option in my vaio's bios which lets me choose IDE mode or anything... Seems I have to use winxp as a result..
I wonder how SATA support will be enhanced in linux in the future; seeing the posts of people having trouble mounting/installing SATA devices.. Anyone some extra ideas before I must stick to winxp? Greetings, -= Silvain van Weers
