Linux 6.2 Installation on SATA drive

salmanucit · 06-01-2007, 07:38 AM

For some reasons, i need to install Red Hat Linux 6.2 on a P 4, 3 GHz machine with SATA hard drive but when itry toinstall, i see the following error line on the screen again and again and again ans installer doesn't go any further

ide2: unexpected interrupt, status=0x7f

what is the problem? Is problem with drivers of SATA drives? how to solve this problem?
Regards

b0uncer · 06-01-2007, 07:56 AM

Also..don't post duplicate posts. It helps no-one, but does fill the thread lists.

farslayer · 06-01-2007, 08:40 AM

Personally to resolve that Issue i would get an add in IDE card and a standard PATA drive to install on.
I don't believe there are any SATA drivers in that old version of Linux..

RH 6.2 thats what, from 1996 or so ? there were no SATA drives back then..

BigJoe · 06-01-2007, 08:56 AM

Use VMWare server. You can install a newer OS on the server and then install 6.2 in a vm. VMware server is free and easy to use. You can also install a newer Linux distro and use Xen.