RHEL v4 can't find HDD issue

[gurudatta]

Hi ,



 we have successfully installed RH 9.0 Redhat linux ES  

 You have to do the following BIOS

setting changes for the SATA driver configuration ..

Drives---> SATA Operation ----> combination 


or 


can you  provide the bios configuration 

Suggestion : It is always better to have Hyperthreading enabled on DEll
PRECESSION -370 linux system. This feature improves the performance.

Regards
gurudatta N.R




On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 12:07 -0500, Art Wildman wrote:
> Serial ATA (SATA) Linux hardware/driver status report
> http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html
> http://www.google.com/search?q=Linux+SATA+ICH8
> 
> 2. Hardware support
> Intel ICH "IDE" mode
> Driver name: ata_piix
> 
> Summary: No TCQ/NCQ. Looks like a PATA controller, but with a few added, 
> non-standard SATA port controls. Hardware does not support hotplug. 
> "Warmplug" support is possible.
> 
> Update: ICH6/7/8 include support for addressing the SATA PHY registers. 
> This is not yet supported in Linux, mainly because some BIOS do not fill 
> in the necessary (PCI BAR) resources.
> 
> Update: Boot-time, probe-time issues continue to persist in some cases, 
> related to the "PCS" register. The ata_piix driver in 2.6.18 and later 
> provides a "force_pcs" module option to help users deal with this 
> (values: 0=default, 1=ignore PCS, 2=honor PCS). Play around with 
> 'force_pcs' if you have device detection problems.
> 
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> 
> Boris Raikhlin wrote:
> > Hi Neill,
> >  
> > I tried to install the very last releases of RHEL v4 and v5.
> > Nothing helps.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >  
> > Boris Raikhlin
> > System manager
> > Gallery IP Telephony
> >  
> >  
> > On 2/14/07, *Neill Flynn* <nflynn at itgeurope.com 
> > <mailto:nflynn at itgeurope.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi Boris,
> >      
> >     I had a very similar problem with Enterprise edition on a HP
> >     DL360G4 machine, turned out that the RH disks I was using (the
> >     ones RH sent me) didn't support the hardware, had to download the
> >     latest release.
> >      
> >     Neill
> >
> >     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >     *From:* redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com
> >     <mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com> [mailto:
> >     redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com
> >     <mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com>] *On Behalf Of
> >     *Boris Raikhlin
> >     *Sent:* 12 February 2007 13:56
> >     *To:* redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
> >     <mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com>
> >     *Subject:* RHEL v4 can't find HDD issue
> >
> >      
> >     Hello,
> >
> >     I have a new PC of the following configuration:
> >
> >            - Motherboard: Intel DG965WH;
> >
> >            - CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6600;
> >
> >            - Chipset: G965;
> >
> >            - SATA controller: ICH8;
> >
> >            - HDD: 2x250GB disks.
> >
> >     1) I'm trying to install RHEL Server v4 kit (trial license).
> >
> >     2) I downloaded and burned the x86_64 version.
> >
> >     3) I know about the only working AHCI mode for ICH8.
> >
> >     4) I tried all the three drives options: IDE, AHCI and RAID (with
> >     RAID configuration).
> >
> >     I get "No driver found" message at the beginning of the installation.
> >
> >     5) I installed the last BIOS update: MQ1618. Nothing has changed.
> >
> >     6) I tried RHEL v5 Beta 2 also. Same result.
> >      
> >     7) Open Suse v.10.2 does see the disks in AHCI mode, and
> >        Windows XP does see the disks in IDE mode. 
> >      
> >
> 
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