On Nov 27, 2007 9:01 AM, Dave Howorth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ankush grover wrote: > > Hi Friends, > > > > I am trying to install Suse 9.0 Enterprise Server on Server on > > Core2Duo Xeon 3040 (2.4 Ghz) ,4GB DDR2 667 RAM and Toshiba 160 GB SATA > > 2 HDD . > > > > Suse is not able to detect the SATA hard drives. Is there any way I > > can install Suse 9.0 on this server. > > It was somewhere around the Suse 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 timeline that SATA > support was introduced and then refined. I don't remember exact > versions, sorry. But I guess that SATA support in 9.0 is going to be > very patchy, if it exists at all. And of course it can't support any > newer hardware developments. > > It might be possible to make 9.0 work with your SATA disks by > backporting newer drivers, but it will be an awful lot easier to install > a more modern release. > > As a fudge, you may be able to switch the SATA drives to 'legacy' mode > in the BIOS. You'd need to check the hardware manuals for details. > > Cheers, Dave
In particular, Sata-2 will buy nothing but trouble with an older kernel. (Rarely worthwhile even with a current kernel due to Sata-1 being as fast as most of the other hardware anyway. Sata-2 is only useful with PMP devices, and those require a new kernel to be supported.) So I would check those drives and see if there is a jumper to restrict them to Sata-1 capability. That should turn off some sata-2 features (like NCQ) that are simply not supported with an old kernel. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
