The thing works fine on Windows. So it's not a hardware issue. But I'm stuck in Windows-land and I need an X86-64 Linux testbed. My notebook is only Core Duo (not Core 2) so not 64-bit capable.
The problem really seems to be a bug in the ata_piix driver of Linux, when used on a motherboard which only implements SATA interfaces, and implements PATA using a SATA-to-PATA bridge. On such motherboards, once ata_piix is loaded, it screws up (since it doesn't support ATAPI) so essentially your PATA CDROM drive disappears. I can actually boot the install disk, it gets to "Loading usb-storage" then "Loading libata" and hangs on "Loading ata_piix" -- this is when the evil driver loads and eliminates the CDROM. It's amazing that Linux cannot support such a basic configuration (Intel i945, a common entry-level board) but with two PATA disks. On Jan 15, 2008 8:52 AM, jan gestre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jan 14, 2008 8:40 AM, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Re-post to my post last week. I'm still no closer to installing FC8 as > > I was a week ago.. ata_piix driver seems to have bugs, when it > > initializes the port, the CDROM drive disappears. > > > > > > > > I'm not sure if this is similar to your situation, basically we purchased a > bunch of ExcelStor drives (PATA) which is exclusively made for AMD boards, > so when we tried to install it on Intel based boards, it wouldn't install > (windows nor linux), it can't read the correct size of the drive, we even > called the supplier but wtf, they don't neither what to do, after much > searching one of our tech found a solution i.e., reformat the drive on a > AMD2 board and whoalla it solved the issue. -- Orlando Andico +63.2.976.8659 | +63.920.903.0335 "I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone." -- Bjarne Stroustrup _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
