SATA Drive Question (Dell Dimension XPS Gen 4)

[Steven Stern]

Peter Blomgren wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having some "issues" getting FC3 and WinXP (I know, I know...)
> play nice on my new system.
> 
> The setup:
>    (1) Drive #1: WinXP (/dev/sda)
>    (2) Drive #2: FC3   (/dev/sdb)
> 
> The card:
>    00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801FR/FRW (ICH6R/ICH6RW)
>            SATA Controller (rev 03)
>    00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW
>            (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
>    00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW
>            (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
> 
> Bootloader:
>    WinXP bootloader (/dev/sda) -> Grub (/dev/sdb1)
> 
> What Happens:
>    (1) Boots when "RAID Autodetect / AHCI" (Raid if signal drive,
>        otherwise AHCI) is selected in the BIOS.
>    (2) Boots when "SATA/PATA Combination mode" is selected in the BIOS.
> 
> The question:
>    Is it possible to get (2) to boot in "RAID Autodetect / AHCI" mode?
>    Changing the BIOS settings every time is somewhat painful.
> 
> I tried:
>    Recompiling the kernel (2.6.11-1.14_FC3smp) with various SATA/AHCI
>    drivers built-in (instead of as modules), but nothing seems to
>    help.
> 
> Any pointers greatly appreciated.
> 
> 

Wait for FC4. It supports the autodetect/AHCI stuff. FC3 won't run on my 
new Dimension 8400, but FC4RC3 runs very  nicely.

-- 

    Steve