Linux on SATA?

[ShaqDiesel]

I wanna install Fedora, but am not sure if I need it to be on my Windows drive (WD Raptor, which it's not detecting) or I can put it on one of my two PATA drives and it'll be ok. And no, I don't wanna use another distro that has SATA support because the class I'm in is using Fedora (Core 1, if that makes a difference) so I'd like to keep w/ that. Thanks!

 

[MisterESauce]

if your distro isn't detecting the drive then you're out of luck. core 3 does support sata for sure (just installed it on my raptor ) but i don't know if that'll work with your class and all... good luck!

 

[ShaqDiesel]

Thanks - I've gotta ask the teach tomorrow (Mon. only class) if Core 3 is too different for what we do. 'Til then, Core 1 goes on a friend's old crappy Compaq lappy (yuck, Compaq ).

 

[rmrf]

Core 3 really shouldn't be that much different, as far as the basics of the OS go. What level class are you taking? Not that it matters much, but in my level 3 linux class, we could use any distro we wanted, because we compiled all the needed software from source. If you are learning the specifics of an RPM based distro, then obviously, you will want to stick with fedora, or mandrake, but I wouldn't think core 1 vs. core3 would cause a problem. Best thing to do is talk to your teacher about it, and make sure.

 

[bersl2]

What chipset provides the SATA capability? The VIA in your sig?

If FC3 doesn't have SATA modules already (I'm thinking it does have them) installed, you can compile a custom kernel.

If the install detects the SATA drive, it may be labled a SCSI drive, since the SATA drivers are closer to the SCSI codebase than the IDE; the device name will be something like /dev/sda.

 

[drag]

Not on my system they aren't.

I have a SATA card that I use for 2 WD 120gig harddrives and they come up as /dev/hd* devices. (even regular ATA stuff uses a lot of SCSI instructions and similar technology. Otherwise it wouldn't be possible to burn CD's or DVD's without it on IDE devices)

It's on a 2.4.22 kernel, too, which is fairly old. However I chose my card because of good Linux support. (then again this kernel is VERY non-standard. So I don't know what weird patches may have been added onto it.)

Best thing to do is try it out. If it works easy, then good. If not, well then the easiest thing is to use FC3. There realy isn't any substantial differences, (it's just newer and better version of Fedora Core) although SELinux may get in the way a bit if your running something weird for class. You can completely disable it though.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: ShaqDiesel
I wanna install Fedora, but am not sure if I need it to be on my Windows drive (WD Raptor, which it's not detecting) or I can put it on one of my two PATA drives and it'll be ok. And no, I don't wanna use another distro that has SATA support because the class I'm in is using Fedora (Core 1, if that makes a difference) so I'd like to keep w/ that. Thanks!

The module you need loaded for that motherboard in order to get the sata working (assuming you're using the via and not the promise sata) is called sata_via. Your disk will then show up as /dev/sda. I'm running linux on the same board and this is what I have.

Of course you can always just compile it into the kernel.