On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 18:34, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 02:25, Jeff Shultz wrote: > > I wish I remembered how I managed to install 9.2RC1 to my 80gb Seagate > > SATA drive - because on the install now it appears that it isn't going > > to work. It fails when it comes to re-formatting or partitioning the > > drive. On the first stage install, it mentions that that hard drive is > > "losing the interrupt" frequently as it works it's way through. > > It's set up in BASE mode as opposed to RAID mode. It's an SI chip, a > > 3112 I think. It is possible that it was originally in RAID mode > > (although not actually in an array) when I set it up the first time. > > I'll go back and set it up that way again if the current install fails, > > as I expect it to. > > > > This is frustrating - and something important that needs to be fixed, > > what with SATA supposedly the future of user level hard drives. > > It's nothing to do with Mandrake. Mandrake don't do hardware support, > the kernel guys do that. Go bitch at them...
I was hoping that Mandrake might have a little more influence (ie: any) with the kernel guys than I do (ie: none)...
