installing linux in SATA hard disc

bijeshep · 10-01-2006, 12:57 PM

Dear Sirs,
Please suggest me a linux operating system supporting SATA HARD DISC.My system configuration given below.

P4 2.66GHZ processor
SATA HARD DISC 80 GB
256 MB RAM

I tried to install UNBUTU ,MANDRAKE LINUX. BUT THIS VERSIONS ARE NOT SUPPORTING SATA HARD DISC.Please suggest me a version of linux which i can use in my above system.
BIJESH

salah-ad-din · 10-01-2006, 01:09 PM

I have SATA hard drive and a SATA DVD drive and PClinux OS recognized both of these. This distro is one of the best, you can easily install win32 codecs from the synaptic package manager and be watching and listening to any format(windows), also real player. You can use RPM or DEB on this distro and it has options for smp kernel.Also if you don't want, then one I don't find particularly spectacular, Fedora Core 6 will also recognize any piece of hardware out there. I have instlalled this also on a PC recently and it will recognize SATA optical or hard drives and was even one of the few to recognize my integrated ethernet controller.

Sp1t · 10-01-2006, 04:22 PM

Suse 10.1 works with SATA, but you might try upgrading your motherboards BIOS first, then giving the ones you've already tried another go.

alpha_lin · 10-02-2006, 12:02 AM

You can choose between Suse 10.0 and 10.1 and Kubuntu . these all work well with SATA. You can also use Fedora Core 5.

JAdj · 10-02-2006, 01:37 AM

I've installed several times RHEL 3.0 on SATA hds, but you may need a driver.

Wim Sturkenboom · 10-02-2006, 01:45 AM

From experience, Slackware 10.2 works with SATA

phobox · 10-02-2006, 08:08 PM

also kanotix works very well with sata. I've been using it on a sata hd for years.

jayasimhareddy_sunki · 04-09-2007, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by salah-ad-din

I have SATA hard drive and a SATA DVD drive and PClinux OS recognized both of these. This distro is one of the best, you can easily install win32 codecs from the synaptic package manager and be watching and listening to any format(windows), also real player. You can use RPM or DEB on this distro and it has options for smp kernel.Also if you don't want, then one I don't find particularly spectacular, Fedora Core 6 will also recognize any piece of hardware out there. I have instlalled this also on a PC recently and it will recognize SATA optical or hard drives and was even one of the few to recognize my integrated ethernet controller.

Is fedora core 6 compatible for sata hard disk
i am in trouble to install redhat linux on seagate 160gb sata hard disk

jayasimhareddy_sunki · 04-09-2007, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by phobox

also kanotix works very well with sata. I've been using it on a sata hd for years.

what is the full name of kanotix i need it

jayasimhareddy_sunki · 04-09-2007, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by JAdj

I've installed several times RHEL 3.0 on SATA hds, but you may need a driver.

what is that driver how to install it

jay73 · 04-09-2007, 01:52 AM

Just use a recent distro, i.e. one released over the last few months. They should all support SATA out of the box now: Fedora 6, Debian Etch, Ubuntu 6.10, Mandriva 2007.1, Mepis 6.5, Sabayon 3.3, PCLinuxOS 2007 etc.

Also, SATA issues are usually related to the motherboard, not the disc itself. You may want to search google in order to found out how other people with the same motherboard managed to install.

Wim Sturkenboom · 04-09-2007, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by jayasimhareddy_sunki

Is fedora core 6 compatible for sata hard disk

Should be. I once installed FC5 without problems on SATA .

billymayday · 04-09-2007, 05:58 AM

FC6 works fine. CentOS or other redhat derivatives should too