Hello, I am new to the linux community, have used Linux Reg Hat 9 before, but that was before sata raid was on the market. So what I am strugling with is the following: I have to do a linux Red Hat 9 installation on an intel system, sound like a contrast to me but anyways, the system has 2x250gb Sata drives which has been plugged into a SIS964 chipset.

When I enter the setup I can't find any related drivers for this chipset nor does the setup pick up the drives at all.

I dowloaded a linux driver for the SIS964 chipset, but how the hell do I install this piece of work?! the file has got a tar extension?!

If anyone can please assist me in completing this installation I would be for ever greatfull!!

Regards

PS: I am looking forward to get to know the Linux OS!

First you need to untar it:
If it is <package-name>.tar.gz use:
$ tar xzf <package-name>.tar.gz
If it is <package-name>.tar.bz2 use:
$ tar xjf <package-name>.tar.bz2
If it is just <package-name>.tar use:
$ tar xf <package-name>.tar

now 'cd' into the directory that is created. There may be a file called README. You should read it. There may laso be a file called INSTALL. You should read this too. If you still have problems after this then post again with what you tried and how it failed on you.

PS: This forum is for introducing yourself. You should not post technical questions here. Please use a more appropriate forum in the future.

PPS: Your thread title is terrible and is not condusive to getting you any sort of decent help. Please read this for reasons why: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

PPS: Redhat 9 is old and unsupported. Is there any reason you cannot install something newer? I bet if you tried Fedora Core 4 instead your SATA drives would work out of the box...

Moved: This thread is more suitable in Linux-Hardware and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

Hi,

I was unable to access any type of command console where I could use the extract command. This is a new Installation of Red Hat 9, managed to get the Installation to ask me for new drivers where I could select the a: drive to be mounted but the files in the drive is still in the *.tar format, which is not recognized.


Other wise I must invest in a new Fedora Core 4 Package?!

Another question would Fedore Core 4 be compatible with Red Hat 9, because these are going to be 2 servers which has to communicate with each other?!

Thanks a lot for the quick response.

Right. I forgot that you can't really boot it can you? It's a catch 22, you need to install the drivers to access your disk, but you must access your disk to install the drivers. I think you are going to have to install something that can recognize your disks immediately. It may be possible to use a current livecd to get the machine booted, but this may be a lot of hassle.

The only thing you need to invest is the time it takes to download and a few blank CDs. It's free you know

Of course it will be compatible. Linux is Linux (and even Linux is Unix!) no matter what flavour you choose to use.

Thanks you very much for the information, I'm sure you will be hearing a lot of me in the near future.

Yes I do know that Linux is FREE.....thats the BEST!i!i!