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Serial ATA problem
Hi guys,
I have a big problem. I just got a new PC (Dell OPTIPLEX GX280 series) and I have problem with booting Knoppix 3.4 (the lates one) and 3.6 on it. If I use 3.4 then it stops on INIT process if I use Kernel 2.6.6 or boots fine with kernel 2.4.26, but it does not detect my SATA drive. If I use Knoppix 3.6 it detects my SATA drive, but it right after that I get Kernel Panic on both kernels 2.6.7 and 2.4.27.
How can I boot into Knoppix with my SATA drive recognized correctly?
Thanks.
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I'm not sure I will be that helpful to you. I am interested in this topic myself though. SATA support in linux is new and undergoing advancement. Here's a link to supported boards & devices:
http://linux.yyz.us/sata/sata-status.html
plus there may be other info in links from the site. I've used SATA in OSX/darwin but haven't changed my drives in linux.
Also this site seems to have a post that sata drives may not be as fast as they're advertised to be. Can anyone provide more info on that?
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I am having issues because I need a Linux Boot cd that works with the ICH6 controller in the GX280. Currently, Knoppix crashes (version 3.7 - 2004-12-08) when it gets to the init process. It detects everything else fairly well, but then halts at INIT. I am not exactly sure what information would be helpful, but I can tell you that it tries to run everything through the tmscsim.o module for scsi interaction. I don't know if picking a different module would work here or if any other module would even make a difference.
If someone has more experience working with this kind of stuff, please let me know. Help needed!!!
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I'm also doing some work with the GX280s.
In order to get the sata disks to work with the 2.4 kernel:
* Get into the bios setup (F2 at boot)
* Choose Drives->Sata Operation->Combination
then it should detect them fine.
Using Knoppix 3.7 (downloaded 17/12/04) and the IDE emulation thing set above,
if I boot using
it hangs at the following line in the boot process
Code:
INIT: version 2.78-knoppix booting
and won't go any further. It doesn't reboot or or throw any errors, it just hangs
I've been previously using Morphix ( http://www.morphix.org ) LiveCDs, and a 2.6 kernel basemodule has been released for that too but it crashes in a similar section on the GX280
As a side note, the project I've been working on has received a bit of coverage in Computerworld (and Linuxworld) Australia
http://www.computerworld.com.au/inde...6;fp;16;fpid;0
I'm currently in the process of migrating the setup to Knoppix from Morphix
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