Slackware to recognizing

Entheos · 07-04-2006, 09:57 PM

Well I finally was able to make space and partition my NTFS hd to ext 3 using Knoppix but for some reason Slackware won't recognize my drive /dev/sda, the only thing it recognizes is my /dev/hda that only has 665 mb, is there any way I could install my slackware in /dev/sda becuase when I try to fdisk it won't let me write the partition or recognize theres anything there.

O yeah Im running Slackware 10.2

gbonvehi · 07-04-2006, 11:33 PM

Did you try sata.i kernel?
If you used bare.i kernel, probably loading the correct modules for your chipset will let Slack to recognize it.

Entheos · 07-05-2006, 01:00 AM

being new to Linux and all I don't know a word you said lol, but anways how do I try sata.i kernal and what do you mean by loading the correct modules for your chipsets?

gbonvehi · 07-05-2006, 01:10 AM

When you boot with the Slackware CD1, you get a prompt that says boot: there, you can specify boot parameters, like the kernel you want to use, the root partition, etc.
At that prompt, you should type: sata.i
That kernels has SATA support, which is what you need to be able to access your disk.

You can find more information on Slackware CD or http://www.slackbook.org

Entheos · 07-05-2006, 01:52 AM

thnks man hope this works now I could FINALLY experiance Linux