Knoppix 3.4 SATA

I am have used Linux in a work environment before, but this is my first time setting Linux up on my main computer. When I boot Knoppix 3.4 with the 2.4.x kernel, everything seems to load up ok, but not with all the drivers. My sound does not work, which is ok because I do not need it for what I want to do, the video works at 1280X1024X24 but the exact drivers are not loaded, and my SATA drive is not detected. I want to do a hard drive install, but since the SATA drivers do not load I cannot. (I have a 80GB SATA drive, 60GB partitioned NTFS with Windows XP Pro, and the rest of the space I have reserved for Linux.) When I try to boot with the 2.6.5 kernel the boot-up freezes after trying to load, or scan for, the second SCSI module. When I tried to boot with the option no{scsi} it still freezes at that point.
I have heard that if I compile my own kernel I can make the SATA controller work under linux, but how would I do this with Knoppix? Could I boot into Knoppix 3.4 with the 2.4x kernel, then compile my own kernel with 2.6.5 and the SATA drivers, then burn it all onto a CD so it would be bootable like the Knoppix 3.4 cd? And if so, where is a good place to search for the SATA drives and a guide on how to compile your own kernel. Thanks for all your help. (Here is the output for lspci -v.)

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c17
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c17
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c17
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c17
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c17
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 0c11
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 0c11
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 23
I/O ports at e000 [size=32]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 5004
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
Memory at e8003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 5004
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at e8004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 5004
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
Memory at e8005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device a002
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
I/O ports at d400 [size=128]
Memory at e8001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 00009000-0000bfff
Memory behind bridge: e6000000-e7ffffff

0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 5002
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: e4000000-e5ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d0000000-dfffffff

0000:01:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device e000
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
Memory at e7006000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:01:0c.0 RAID bus controller: Integrated Technology Express, Inc. IT/ITE8212 Dual channel ATA RAID controller (PCI version seems to be IT8212, embedded seems (rev 10)
Subsystem: Integrated Technology Express, Inc.: Unknown device 0001
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
I/O ports at 9410 [size=8]
I/O ports at 9800 [size=4]
I/O ports at 9c10 [size=8]
I/O ports at a000 [size=4]
I/O ports at a400 [size=16]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:01:0d.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD Technology Inc) Silicon Image Serial ATARaid Controller [ CMD/Sil 3512 ] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD Technology Inc) Silicon Image Serial ATARaid Controller [ CMD/Sil 3512 ]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
I/O ports at a800 [size=8]
I/O ports at ac00 [size=4]
I/O ports at b000 [size=8]
I/O ports at b400 [size=4]
I/O ports at b800 [size=16]
Memory at e7004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:01:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 1000
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
Memory at e7005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Memory at e7000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 0002
Flags: bus master, stepping, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
I/O ports at c000 [size=256]
Memory at e5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:02:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800] (Secondary)
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 0003
Flags: bus master, stepping, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32
Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Memory at e5010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

Try the latest iso released on 10 May 04 to see if the 2.6 series kernel can now get past those unstable scsi modules.

That is the version that I am using. I downloaded Knoppix 3.4 two days ago, and I did try booting with the option knoppix26. The SCSI problem only happens when I boot with that option.

He said to download the newest version of the Iso That was released at around 2 this morning EDT.

But, I have noticed a few problems with the first 3.4 that was released and my Nforce2 Mobo, you typed that you tried the no{scsi} option, there are no brackets, it is noscsi, the brackets don't work. Have you also tried it with the 2.4.x kernal to see if it boots (mine does, but it has issues with 2.6.x)

i am also having problems getting knoppix26 to boot and recognize my sata drives. I can get everything to work in a 2.4 boot, but when i do "knoppix26 noscsi" i get the error "Disabling IRQ #18" repeating over and over for about 2 minutes, then it finally quits and loads KDE. *however* when I try to mount my sata drive it says "Can't read superblock" and if I use the command "hdparm -X66 -d1 /dev/hdg" which is how i used to get it to work on 2.4 kernels, this still doesn't work.

Has anyone got some advice on what to try next? I really want to do an HD install of 2.6 but this is the last thing preventing me.

Thanks
:wink:

There should be an option in the BIOS about SATA configuration mode.
Try playing with this mode and see how it reacts to different cheatcodes.
Also play with the ACPI options in the BIOS .
I think this could do the trick for you ...