install problem with SATA, Redhat couldnot find the dirver and harddrive

[bob at rsi.com (Bob Gorman)]

At 05:13 PM 11/4/2004, Bob Gorman wrote:
>At 03:26 PM 11/4/2004, Dave Peters wrote:
>>Did anyone install redhat with SATA before? I have
>>problem with Marvell SATA. Redhat 9 or ES doesn't find
>>the dirver and the SATA harddrive.
>
>Kind of depends on the underlying chipset.  With out that, it's just the usual recommendations:
>
>Review your BIOS settings.
>Upgrade your BIOS.
>Avoid RAID on the motherboard.
>Check the motherboard manufacturers web site for info.
>Check the chipset manufacturers web site for info.
>For ES, try the latest ISOs - RHEL3 Update3.
>Try FC2 or FC3-test3.
>Check the RedHat mailing lists.
>Google is your friend.
>Hope that helps.

You might be a little ahead of the curve looking for Marvell drivers in RHEL.  Try FC2 or 3.

If it's a SuperMicro motherboard they have some drivers available, depending on the model.

You might also check the mailing lists at kernel.org.

This looks to be of interest:

        http://www.linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html