Installing SuSE Linux 9.2 + kernel 2.6.11 on a Dell Dimension 8400

Quote Originally Posted by rolflist
Bob Berwick ( http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/.../msg00639.html )
has reported a succesful installation of linux on a Dell 8400 right out of the box:
This confirms all notes above.

Based on notes that I took from http://www.homerengineeringcorp.net/mythtv/myth.html ,
I installed Suse 9.2+ kernel 2.6.11, but I am fairly confident that one can do the same with debian,
knoppix, redhat or fedora.
My system is a Dell Dimension 8400, BIOS A03, 2x SATA WD160GB, ATI X300.
There is on both disks a bootable Windows XP, both initially with 2 partitions:
partition 1 is a Dell Utility Fat16 file system, partition 2 is NTFS with Windows XP.

I added linux to disk 2. It boots from "Autoraid/AHCI". I can choose Grub to choose between XP and linux.
I have still the original Dell Windows XP installation.

The SATA part in .config (made with "make cloneconfig" and using the defaults suggested in "make xconfig") is
....
CONFIG_SCSI_SATA=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_AHCI is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_SVW=m
CONFIG_SCSI_ATA_PIIX=m
CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_NV=m
....

Since it is not debian or knoppix, I will post the details of this installation at a different forum.
URL will follow here:
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportfor...essage.id=5859