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My system configuration is,
AMD 3000+ series processor(running at 1.8GHz)
Asus A8V-MX Motherboard
DDR 512 MB
NVidia 5200 fx series Graphics card
Sata 80 GB Hard disk
LG Dvd Writer
i have tried installing fedora core 4 and mandrake 10.1 on my sata hard disk but both the OS are not detecting my sata disk please help me out, i have asked this to many people but none of them gave a proper reply hope theirs someone who can help me.
Distribution: RHEL,Fedora, CentOS, Slackware 12 & wrestling with LFS
Posts: 86
Rep:
I am using Fedora Core 4 installed on SATA, its running without any issues. But my mother board is VIA K8M800. Try to switch your mode of SATA as IDE from BIOS(My BIOS had that option). After installation boot once in IDE mode and then change the mode SATA. (My BIOS options were IDE or RAID). Not sure about your bios. Hope this helps.
I am using Fedora Core 4 installed on SATA, its running without any issues. But my mother board is VIA K8M800. Try to switch your mode of SATA as IDE from BIOS(My BIOS had that option). After installation boot once in IDE mode and then change the mode SATA. (My BIOS options were IDE or RAID). Not sure about your bios. Hope this helps.
tell me your bios version and whether its american megatrend or award bios. And i had 3 three options in the bios
SATA
RAID
AHCI
A user should not have a dead wish to force old distros to recognise new hardware. We are into FC6 and Mandrake has long been superseded by Mandriva. They are all freely available. Why keep flogging the dead horse? Listen to the moderator for a change.
Anything you want from the old distros you can get it from the new ones, only better and more efficient.
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