Fedora 6 setup is not recognizing the sata HDD on laptop
 

I am trying to install Fedora linux 6 on LG laptop, model XNOTE E500 but it is not recognizing the SATA HDD during the installation.

About HDD configuration taken from BIOS setup
Vendor : FUJITSU MHW2120BH
Size : 120.0 GB
LBA mode : Supported
Block Mode: 16 Sectors
PIO mode: 4
Async DMA: MultiWord DMA-2
Ultra DMA : Ultra DMA-5
S.M.A.R.T. : Supported
LBA/Large Mode : Auto
Block (Multi Sector Transfer) : Auto
PIO Mode : Auto
DMA Mode : Auto
S.M.A.R.T. : Auto
32 Bit Data Transfer : Enabled

Any suggestions ..how I can get rid of this problem and install fedora in my laptop.

Have you tried the suggestions in your other threads?

yes i have tried but it did not work ...later in one thread I found that the fedora kernel versions later than 2.6.20 has support for SATA. I am using fedora linux kernel version 2.6.18.2 which according to this thread is not supported.

I could not tried it yet ...I will try it ..and I will acknowledge if it is successful.

You can also try the kernel options:
all-generic-ide noapic nolapic

Have you chek the BIOS for a PATA compatability mode?