Install on sata disk

meinzorn · 10-04-2006, 09:47 AM

Hey, I'm trying to install slackware 10.2 on a computer that has a sata hard drive in it. I've never used a sata hard drive before today and I was just wondering where I needed to start.. I've tried doing it the same way that I would with a eide drive, by using fdisk on disk hda, but that isn't working. anyone help?? Thank you in advance

dx0r515t · 10-04-2006, 10:00 AM

Try the fdisk on sda instead of hda, also be sure to use the sata kernel.

meinzorn · 10-04-2006, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by dx0r515t

Try the fdisk on sda instead of hda, also be sure to use the sata kernel.

how would I use the sata kernel? Is there one on the slackware cd?

sorry, i'm kinda noobish right now, I havn't used linux in a long time.

I know that the last time I booted it was with the bare.i kernel and there was no sda.

soscalgary · 10-04-2006, 11:11 AM

I think you need to choose the sata.i kernel when installing.

Alien Bob · 10-04-2006, 01:42 PM

And even when you don't choose, the Slackware 11.0 installer will start the sata.i kernel by default.

SATA disks are named like SCSI and USB drives: /dev/sda is the first drive, /dev/sdb is the second drive found, and so on.
Try

Code:

fdisk /dev/sda

Eric

Wim Sturkenboom · 10-05-2006, 02:04 AM

You must first of all use the sata.i kernel when you boot from the CD. The instructions on the screen show some example like bare.i /dev/hda ....Replacing bare.i with sata.i is the first step. Further I can't remember what it exactly says. Probably something like root=/dev/hda. If I remember correctly, that must now point to your cd (/dev/hdb or so). I did it a couple of month ago, so not sure.

Somewhere after installation, you must select a kernel. Make sure to select sata.i again

meinzorn · 10-06-2006, 05:57 PM

thank you guys.

The sata.i kernel worked.