Unable to install with VIA SATA motherboard ?

[christophe.rochet at free.fr]

Hi.

I tried with 6 different ISO images (386 & AMD64) to install 8.04 on a VIA / 
Athlon64 motherboard bought in 2006.

None of them recognized the VIA sata controler, so that none of them was able 
to install...

Is there a solution ? Mandriva installs cleanly its i586  "spring 2008", so 
the mobo is functional.

Regards,
Chris, Paris.