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Hi, another SATA support question.
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| Mmm_moo_cows 2005-02-06, 5:53 pm |
| Hi,
I am strugling to find an up-to-date answer for this question. Does
redhat (or any linux dist) have a descent support for SATA hard
drives?, in particular Maxtor diamnond plus 9 series?
New to linux and trying to make the swap from Windows XP (horrible
story ending with me loosing all data on my HD). Have dabbled with it
(on diff PC)and I am impressed, tried to install it and it said it
couldnt find the hard drive and now struggling to find drivers or any
up-to-date support answer. Seems eveything else is ok with the
installation except the HD issue.
Sorry if its a well worn out question, thanks for any help.
Jon.
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| Lenard 2005-02-06, 8:46 pm |
| Mmm_moo_cows wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am strugling to find an up-to-date answer for this question. Does
> redhat (or any linux dist) have a descent support for SATA hard
> drives?, in particular Maxtor diamnond plus 9 series?
The manufacturer of the hard drive is not important as the chipset of
SATA interface the hard drive is connected to. The only answer I can
provide you at this point is; Yes, the current version of Fedora Core 3
and other current Linux distributions provide support for the Maxtor
Diamond Plus 9 series of hard drives when attached to a supported SATA
interface.
> New to linux and trying to make the swap from Windows XP (horrible
> story ending with me loosing all data on my HD). Have dabbled with it
> (on diff PC)and I am impressed, tried to install it and it said it
> couldnt find the hard drive and now struggling to find drivers or any
> up-to-date support answer. Seems eveything else is ok with the
> installation except the HD issue.
Switching to Linux because your sick of Windows, is not a good reason to
install and or try Linux. Installing Linux because you want to or want
to learn about Linux are both good reasons.
You tried to install what??? You make no mention of which version(s) of
Red Hat Linux or Fedora Core or any other distro of Linux. To much
guesswork is required to provide any useful replies to your question
other then what I already said.
> Sorry if its a well worn out question, thanks for any help.
It's not a problem if this is a worn out question or not, as I already
said you have not provided any useful information to help you resolve
the problem you are having with installation.
OK for starters (this is to help you in the long run) please read;
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Then try this again, this time provide the information needed to
hopefully answer your question(s), like the motherboard and/or system
manufacturer, the version of Linux your attempting to install etc.,
etc.
You can also review; http://www.linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html
--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- B. Franklin, 1759
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| Mmm_moo_cows 2005-02-07, 5:56 pm |
| Hi,
Thanks for your help, looks like I have to give up on linux for now,
however I downloaded the new Solaris 10 (use it at work) and it has
full support for my SATA hard drive, so problem solved - just got to
get the house network going!
I'm actually instally a unix based system to learn networking
properly, and have a descent system for web server and get g++ going.
Thanks again for your help,
Jon.
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