How to install Linux on seagate SATA hard drive

Ravinder Singh · 03-13-2007, 01:22 PM

I am unable to install Linux On my Seagate SATA Hard drive. It is not detecting my hard drive. Please tell me which drivers from where and how to install them to install Linux on HD.

jay73 · 03-13-2007, 01:31 PM

Sata drivers are included with Linux. If it still can't see your disk, than I'm afraid you're out of luck. Unless you could be a bit more specific about the other hardware in your machine: usually it's not the disk that is to blame but the motherboard.

Hern_28 · 03-15-2007, 10:18 AM

need to know the motherboard and sata controller number.

nirmaltom · 03-15-2007, 10:30 AM

hi,
which distro and version, is it latest?
regards,
Nirmal Tom

SeRGeiSarov · 03-16-2007, 11:38 AM

I have motherboard which includes Promise controller.
Linux driver is contained on support disk.
I copied this driver to a floppy disk and began to install Linux. During instalation I load driver from a floppy disk.

Hern_28 · 03-17-2007, 09:46 AM

Hey man..

Know the troubles with having a sata drive. Some of the live distro's will let you compile and run the drivers from the live disk...albeit a very slow process. the 64 bit versions sometimes have more support for the newer sata raid controllers.

http://www.linuxtag.org/1998/softwar...mini/Ultra-DMA

This site has some information on getting promise controllers to work in linux... Good Luck. P.S. the promise controller info starts about halfway down the page.

nirmaltom · 03-18-2007, 01:08 AM

hi,
nice information, Hern_28
regards,
Nirmal Tom.V

sniff · 03-18-2007, 05:11 PM

I have had serious SATA pain, try noacpi as a kernel parameter when you install. It worked for me with Fedora Core 6 I suspect it would have worked with other distros.

Cheers,
Phil

Quakeboy02 · 03-18-2007, 05:15 PM

It's sad when you read a plea for help and they never post again.