SATA HDDs

[Scott Kitterman]

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On Wednesday 07 February 2007 07:01, Srinivasan, Amarnath1 (GE, Corporate, 
consultant) wrote:
> On Tuesday 06 February 2007 13:04, Srinivasan, Amarnath1 (GE, Corporate,
>
> consultant) wrote:
> > Mine also hung. I figured it out that it doesn't install in SATA HDDs.
> >
> > Will Ubuntu ever work in SATA HDDs?
>
> Sure.  All the time.
>
> What kind of motherboard/SATA controller card to you have?
>
> Scott
>
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> The SATA controller is Intel(R) 82801 GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA
> storage controller-- 27C0
>
> I just copied it from the machine.
>
> Regards
>
> Amarnath Srinivasan
>

And what kind of motherboard?

I have machines with Intel D945 motherboards and I had problems installing to 
a SATA HDD if there was also a PATA HDD (solution was to unplug the PATA HDD, 
do the install, and then plug it back in).

The only Linux kernels that support the jMicron PATA controller in Intel D965 
motherboards are 2.6.19 and above (i.e. only the Feisty developmental 
releases support this).  The solution here is to run with no PATA or ATAPI 
devices (meaning have a SATA or USB CD/DVD).

Ubuntu has installed just fine in SATA for a long time, but there are other, 
motherboard and controller specific, issues that can cause problems that may 
appear to be SATA related.

Scott K