SATA HDD wont detect on RHEL 4
 

My sata drive wont detect on rhel4 i have to disable sata and set it as an IDE through the BIOS and then its detected. What do i do? I am trying to install rhel 4 on my SATA, i read that linux is not too sats friendly is that true?

Same as your thread with the Internet thing.(IRQ....) More details are needed.
So you can insert a valid driver during the install using linux dd
Dell for e.g. offers a SATA Driver for Redhat Enterprise Linux.
Depends on the Chipset.

put the first bootable cd and at the boot prompt type the following command


linux all-generic-ide noapic nolapic

hope this will work

If you change your SATA Operation mode or called similar within your BIOS to ATA then you don't have do mention about sata drivers. But if you want to use sata then
you have to insert a driver module disk during the setup.
Here is a Link for ICH7R Chipset
It's from Dell maybe it works with your system as well cause I suppose thats only corresponding to the Chipset (if you're using ICH7R... )
how to:
forget about the dkms - you wont need that ;-)

I had the same problem, with the same, and other, SATA BIOS settings, and found that using RedHat ES4 Update 3 was the solution. Which exact version of RedHat are you using? Also, what motherboard / processor do you have? I used an ASUS RS120 and it, combined with RedHat, created many compatibility issues that only RHES4 U3 overcame :)

Cheers,
Jon

Will bluntly state that you will need the 2.6 kernel to get SATA drives to work.

Where do i get those?

well my motherboard is some generic brand but everest detects it as a P4M800-8237R-6A7L6PRAC-00 board

not sure i understood what it detects..
you can get the kernel from kernel.org.
read how to compile first.
Btw, you should have subscription to RHn - they have rpms for the kernels.

update: Sorry , was rushing out of the door - didn't read carefully your post. It's not so much about motherboard, but as guys said - if you can change settings in the Bios - that would be a solution too. At least temporary. Until you get the latest and greatest kernel.
but you should have a subscription to the rhn - so get it from there. Get devel rpm check all your devices and go on recompiling and compiling :)
I've recently moved from 2.4 ( rhel 3 ) to rh4 ( 2.6 ) - damn USB was making me crazy.
Have fun.

booting time problem
 

Hi,

have problem during booting time ,
it shows problem that kernel panic,
also it not mount / .

as i have seagate sata harddisc using above option i install
rhe4 but not able to boot as it gives grub loader but mount / problem.

how can i know which kind of controlled that i used.

Ever thought of using the successor of Red Hat -------> Fedora?

@ztdep how about an

MOBO Disk
 

Does anyone have the driver disk for this motherboard p4m800-823/7r-6a7l6prac-00? I sure could use a copy. Ty in advance.

Normally the vendor who supplies the motherboard provides the downloadable drivers at his Web site. It is pretty standard in the industry.

I too was having this same exact problem. However, when booted up with "boot: linux all-generic-ide noapic nolapic" it detected the SATA drive as "/dev/hdi" without a hitch. Why it chose "hdi" is beyond me, but damnit it works.

hellow...

hmm i've problem with this kind of stuff too... i cant install the with command "boot: linux all-generic-ide noapic nolapic"

but i think i got problem with GRUB.. after i install the RHEL, then i choose the GRUB, it goes to 'kernel panic'

but i have finish all the installation... can anyone help with this.. thanks.....

I have the exact same problem

whats up

hope this helps yall out some. ive been wrestling with installing RHLE4 on a dell dimension e521 pc and i think i finally pinned it. w00w00.

i had the same problems with the sata devices. i even plugged in a usb cdrom (that was ide in a caddy that plugged into the pc via an usb cable, the thought was "hey, ide" the result was crap)

next idea, NFS server. hey, how can i loose. dont have to worry about the sata optical drive. well, now the sata HD is the issue. (ok, ok, everyone knows this crap so far)

after setting up another box as a NFS server, booting up with the disk 1 on the new dell ( at the boot prompt i entered "linux askmethod") set it up for NFS install, and it gave me an error on the hard drive. it gave me a chance to select drivers. the broadband ethernet was selected, and i went through the list of other drivers and picked out the nVidea SATA driver that was near the end of the list. BINGO, its working.

i can see the drive partitions now, so anyway, if this DOESN'T work then ill post again, otherwise, i think this one is licked. advanced appology for my grammer, it sux, i know, i blame it on technology and the influence of too much sugar. laterZ

GF


UPDATE
here is a website i stumbled accross from dell. it shows the driver i used.

http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/l...ch/000420.html

I install Scientific Linux 4.4 with : linux all-generic-ide
After reboot, I receive Kernel panic - not syncing

First step:
I use grub for load and I try :
at boot menu type 'e' to edit line, another 'e' to edit kernel and add "all-generic-ide" at end line of the kernel. After that press ENTER and type 'b' for boot.
For me was successful.

Second step (only if the first is successful)
I edit /boot/grub/grub.conf and make first step permanent (add all-generic-ide at the end of the line with kernel)
For example my grub.conf after :

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
# root (hd0,10)
# kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda11
# initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda11
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,10)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Scientific Linux (2.6.9-42.0.3.ELsmp)
root (hd0,10)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-42.0.3.ELsmp ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet all-generic-ide
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.9-42.0.3.ELsmp.img

For me was good,
Marius.

hi folks...
i hav d same probs...my Hitachi HTS541212H9SA00 Hardisk is not detecting RHEL EL4,fedora5 or ubuntu....
i says "AN ERROR HAS OCCURED - NO VALID DEVICES WERE FOUND ON WHICH TO CREATE NEW FILESYSTEMS. PLEASE CHECK YOUR HARDWARE FOR THE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM."
please help me on this issue.I need the suitable drivers...
Regards
Arun

Have you checked if the hdd is working? mayb try installing another O/S? my hdds work fine now that i have installed RHEL5 :)

Sata HDD under RHEL4
 

if you have manufacture driver , add the driver at installation period from a CD using the installation linux dd. May be it will be configure.
thks