On Tuesday 20 September 2005 07:05, Amol K. wrote:
Intel P IV 3.0 Ghz 531 with EM64T (64 Bit Tech.) Intel 915G Original Mother Board 512 MB DDR RAM 400 Mhz 80 Gb SATA Hard Disk (Samsung ST380017AS) and rest of the things (Keyboard, Mouse M/Media Speakers Ect)
I am trying to install Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS/WS on the same but my hard disk is not recognised during installation. It shows no hard disk found and asks for the SATA Driver Disketts.
Even i tried to install Fedora Core 4 Provided with Digit Aug 05 Magzine. But it also does not recognise my Hard Disk.
One of my friend told me that i have to use a distribution which supports 64 bit Technology.
Can any one provide me the necessary Distribution of RHEL 3.0 AS/WS or Fedora Core 4 or Mandriva 10 and Driver disks required for the same.
Your problem isn't the EM64T technology. The problem is that SATA controllers are still poorly supported on Linux. Hence your board's SATA controller isn't recognised. I am currently using a samsung 120GB SATA drive. My board is Intel D865GBF and the SATA drive works correctly. Check out updates for you chipset.