sata in linux

[MisterESauce]

i would like to install linux on a western digital sata drive but red hat doesn't see the drive. i already have xp installed on a separate partition of this drive so i know it's working. what can i do?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Use an up to date distro. Try Fedora Core 3.

 

[MisterESauce]

okay cool. does that one have x86-64 support?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: MisterESauce
okay cool. does that one have x86-64 support?

Yes. You can get it from redhat.com (click on the fedora link). Nothinman might stop by and say that 64bit isn't worth it, but whatever. Have fun.

Unless you pay for RedHat enterprise Linux, you don't get amd64 support (I'm not even sure if they offer it for pay).

 

[MisterESauce]

hehe, alright. well i'll try 64 bit and see how it works for me. i can always reinstall something else later

and thanks a lot for the info!

 

[n0cmonkey]

:beer:

 

[Nothinman]

Nothinman might stop by and say that 64bit isn't worth it, but whatever. Have fun.

It's not, but we still need people to run it to get the bugs worked out for when it is useful =)