[OT] Configuration

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On 08/06/2008 08:37 AM, Verde Denim wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 4:09 AM, Phil Bieber <philbieber at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 19:05, Verde Denim <tdldev at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I have a Dell Dimension 4500 that crashed (HDD) recently. I was able to
>> > autopsy the IDE drive running Ubuntu 7.10 and get back the files I wanted
>> > (configs mostly).
>> > I purchased a SATA card and two SATA drives for the box and want to
>> reload
>> > with Ubu 8.
>> > The problem is that, with the removal of the IDE drive, and installation
>> of
>> > the SATA hardware, it seems I get nothing but the DELL splash screen.
>> I've
>> > checked with DELL, but got no usable information from them. Does anyone
>> know
>> > if there is something on the mobo I need to change in order to at least
>> get
>> > the Ubu CD to run?
>> >
>> > Thanks for any assistance you can provide
>> >
>> > Jack
>>
>> Hi!
>> I can think of 2 reasons,
>> 1) the card / drives have to be included in the BIOS.
>> 2) there are no suitable drivers for the SATA card.
>> Try the BIOS and if that doesn't help, google the card's name/model +
>> ubuntu hardy and see what you can find. Also, post the name/model to
>> the list, maybe somebody has something else to tell you about it.
>>
> 
> Phil~
> Thanks for the reply. It turns out I was able to find a single entry on the
> web for this - but it's good news - "(PCI-SA-112E in specific, which has the
> Sil 3512 chipset) & it seems as though OS doesnt like booting from a drive
> on this card after it progresses from grub (Even though it works like a
> champ on Ubuntu 8.04)"  - and the card was cheap (under $20).
> 
> I pulled the card and the IDE cable from the mobo and it will boot the Ubu
> CD. I'm not sure if I could install the drivers in the LiveCD env or not
> (might be worth a try), but short of that, this box will probably need an
> IDE drive to install 8.04 and the drivers. A bit of a catch-22, but I dug up
> an old IDE drive that I'm checking now to update the badblock table. If it's
> runnable I'll try loading 8.04 there, install the drivers and then
> installing Ubuntu onto one of the SATA drives and see if a reboot without
> the IDE works (I'll also upgrade the BIOS to the latest version to see if
> that helps)
> 
> Jack
> 
> 

I wonder if this might help:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/203195
<quote>
Solution:
After activating AHCI in the bios setting and booting from CD/DVD one
need to press F6 to enter further boot parameter: pci=nomsi
Now the hdd and other sata devices are recognized correctly due the
installation. Don't know if its really a bug..
</quote>

Another:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/209454
<quote>
 btherio wrote on 2008-07-06: (permalink)
I'm having this exact problem on an asus a8v-mx.
I read here: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/3/18/103
I changed sata to ahci in the bios, added only the line pci=nomsi to the
kernel boot line, and it seems to be working.
</quote>