Hello. I've just purchased a couple of Gigabyte GA-8I945G Pro motherboards, and downloaded the latest Knoppix CD & DVDs.

(Obviously?) I'm having problems (with XP) so am trying to use Knoppix to check things out.

This motherboard could theoretically take 10 drives - it has an ICH7R on it, for 2 PATA ide drives (one port), and 4 SATA drives, and an ITE 8212F which could take 4 drives (two ports by two drives). Nothing is in RAID mode.

Knoppix is not seeing anything coming off the 8212. Neither drives nor CD-ROM. I have no SATA, and Knoppix does see any other device, if I move it to the ICH7R PATA port. Dos, Windows, and even Acronis' recovery CD see them, but not Knoppix.

Although computer competent, I have little experience with Knoppix, and about the same with Linux generally.

Can anyone help me out with getting Knoppix to see the drives off the 8212 please?

Below is the lspci -v file I was able to get out of Knoppix:

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2770 (rev 02)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 5000
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] #09 [5109]

0000:00:02.0 Display controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2772 (rev 02)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device d000
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 4
Memory at e3100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=512K]
I/O ports at c000 [disabled] [size=8]
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] [size=256M]
Memory at e3180000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=256K]
Capabilities: [90] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2

0000:00:1b.0 0403: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27d8 (rev 01)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device a102
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at e31c0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [70] #10 [0091]

0000:00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27d0 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00008000-00008fff
Capabilities: [40] #10 [0141]
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2

0000:00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27d4 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: e3000000-e30fffff
Capabilities: [40] #10 [0141]
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2

0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27c8 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 5004
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
I/O ports at b000 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27c9 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 5004
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at b400 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27ca (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 5004
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at b800 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27cb (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 5004
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at bc00 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27cc (rev 01) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 5006
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at e31c4000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 00009000-0000afff
Memory behind bridge: e0000000-e2ffffff
Capabilities: [50] #0d [0000]

0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27b8 (rev 01)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 5001
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] #09 [100c]

0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27df (rev 01) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device b001
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at f000 [size=16]

0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27c0 (rev 01) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device b002
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at d400 [size=8]
I/O ports at d800 [size=4]
I/O ports at dc00 [size=8]
I/O ports at e000 [size=4]
I/O ports at e400 [size=16]
Memory at e31c7000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2

0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27da (rev 01)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 5001
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
I/O ports at 0500 [size=32]

0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation: Unknown device 169d (rev 11)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device e000
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at e3000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/3 Enable-
Capabilities: [d0] #10 [0001]

0000:03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage I/II 215GT [Mach64 GT] (rev 41) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage I/II 215GT [Mach64 GT]
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 9
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
Memory at e2005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

0000:03:01.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)
Subsystem: C-Media Electronics Inc CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
I/O ports at 9400 [size=256]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

0000:03:06.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Integrated Technology Express, Inc. IT/ITE8212 Dual channel ATA RAID controller (PCI version seems to be IT8212, embedded seems (rev 13)
Subsystem: Integrated Technology Express, Inc.: Unknown device 0001
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
I/O ports at 9810 [size=8]
I/O ports at 9c00 [size=4]
I/O ports at a010 [size=8]
I/O ports at a400 [size=4]
I/O ports at a800 [size=16]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

0000:03:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB82AA2 IEEE-1394b Link Layer Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 1000
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 23
Memory at e2004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Memory at e2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2