The Intel Core2 Duo with Sony DVD-RW desktops that were assigned to us at the UP Dept of Computer Science, I believe, have the same problems. The DVD does not work as DVD but only as CD. You boot the Fedora8 DVD installer and the thing actually boots, but after booting, the DVD contents can't be read, so F8 can not be installed from DVD. I think it is the PATA/SATA problem that you mention.
The installation problem is actually easy to solve. Just install with F8 installation CDs. You can get these by using Revisor on an already installed F8 system. If you do not have an F8 system, I can burn the F8 install CDs (updated to the most current packages) for you. Five (5) CDs should be sufficient. Pablo M *** --- Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
