The workaround works but if you would like to keep your efi partition its best to use an updated distro.
The libata_piix driver shipped with the official Fedora 8 and Ubuntu 7.xx install disc is having troubles detecting the samsung drive when an GPT/EFI setup is used. Other drives dont seem to have this problem. Use the updated distros, they have the newer kernel drivers. (Ubuntu) "Hardy alpha-4" http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/hardy/alpha-4/ or (Fedora 8) "Unity Re-Spin F8 20071218" http://spins.fedoraunity.org/unity/fedora-unity-re-spin-f8-20071218 I tested them both, and confirmed working with this drive, using GPT MBR (and EFI partition) and also tried using MS-DOS MBR (but that was allready working as stated above). I'm now running Leopard OSX 10.5.1 and Fedora 8 Unity Re-Spin 20071218 using a GPT setup (meaning I still have the EFI partition, followed by the HFS partition, ext3 /boot partition and LVM). -- Samsung HM160JI sata hdd > no devices detected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158166 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
