can't install ubuntu 8.04 on IP35-E

[nyker96]

seems the OS can't even see the harddrives. I read somewhere 8.04 needs to have Hds set to ACHI but ip35-E only has IDE as the option. I can't seem to set the harddrives to ACHI so cannot install it. Anyone with the same problem on this chipset or has a solution to this problem? please help, thanks!

 

[imported_protoz]

I have an IP35-E. I'll try it tonight when I get home since it looks like tonight is linux night as I talked my cousin into trying it on his laptop.

Are your hard drives sata or IDE?

 

[child of wonder]

It installed fine on my IP35-E however once it installs you'll need to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst to include the option "all_generic_ide" for your kernel after "quiet" and "splash" so that the system will boot consistently. You may even need to pass it to the Grub menu when you first boot just to get it to come up.

 

[nyker96]

Originally posted by: protoz
I have an IP35-E. I'll try it tonight when I get home since it looks like tonight is linux night as I talked my cousin into trying it on his laptop.

Are your hard drives sata or IDE?

Mine all SATA, I think that's the problem. Ubuntu only support SATA drives in ACHI mode.

 

[osage]

I had the same problem the first time I tried to install 8.04, same mobo, all SATA drives.
what fixed the problem for me was to add irqpoll to the kernel
paramiters.

press ESC at the boot screen/press "e" to edit the line/ add "--irqpoll" at the end of the kernel paramiters/ press "b" to boot.

here is my config from /boot/grub/menu.lst

## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic
root (hd0,2)/ubuntu/disks
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=FA8A65868A653FED loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro quiet splash irqpoll
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic


seems the SATA controller chip does not correctly identify itself, this fixed the problem for me, I have been able to install 32 and 64 bit versions of 8.04 on the system useing this method.