sata only works when computer is fully booted
 

hi ive just installed ubuntu on my computer and its really nice, but i have my /home directory stored on a sata device /dev/sda1 but i have to wait until ubuntu has loaded up into the gui before i can mount it i have placed the following command into the fstab

/dev/sda1 /home ext3 rw,user 0 0

but when the computer is booting it says:

/dev/sda1: error special device doesnt exist

does anyone know how i can mount the sata device on boot?? cheers

You need sata device driver kernel bootable image

Add something line as follows to your /etc/modprobe.conf file
alias scsi_hostadapter sata

Then reun depmode
depmod -ae -F /boot/System.map-2.6.xx-x.xxx 2.6.xx-x.xxx

Build the disk using mkinitrd
mkinitrd -v -f /boot/initrd-2.6.xx-x.xxx.img 2.6.xx-x.xxx

Replace .xx-x.xxx with your kernel version

Hope this helps

ahhhr you legend tar very much!!!:D