Knoppix not finding SATA drive

[Hedge]

Yesterday my computer would not boot. I downloaded Seagate disc scanning tools, seems there is a bad sector (NTUSER file or something). I want to back up my data before I send the disk in to Seagate, so I burned the Knoppix 3.8.2 iso and I am using it now. The problem is that it cant find the SATA drive (its a Seagate 80GB SATA). Any advice?

root@1[knoppix]# lspci -v
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82875P Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
        Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1014
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Capabilities: [e4] #09 [2106]
        Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 3.0

0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82875P Processor to AGP Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 64
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
        I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
        Memory behind bridge: f8000000-f9ffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e8000000-f7ffffff

0000:00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82875P Processor to PCI to CSA Bridge (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 32
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
        Memory behind bridge: fc000000-fc0fffff

0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1014
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
        I/O ports at bc00 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1014
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
        I/O ports at b000 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1014
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
        I/O ports at b400 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1014
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
        I/O ports at b800 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1014
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
        Memory at fc100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [58] #0a [20a0]

0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=32
        I/O behind bridge: 00007000-00008fff
        Memory behind bridge: fa000000-fbffffff

0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Bridge (rev 02)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB (ICH5) Serial ATA 150 Storage Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1014
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, 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.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1014
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 3
        I/O ports at 0500 [size=32]

0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1014
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
        I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
        I/O ports at dc00 [size=64]
        Memory at fc102000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
        Memory at fc103000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 0002
        Flags: bus master, stepping, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
        Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        I/O ports at a000 [size=256]
        Memory at f9000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [58] AGP version 3.0
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

0000:01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] (Secondary)
        Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 0003
        Flags: stepping, 66MHz, medium devsel
        Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] [size=128M]
        Memory at f9010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

0000:02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82547EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (LOM)
        Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1014
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
        Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
        I/O ports at 9000 [size=32]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

0000:03:02.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1014
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
        Memory at fb005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
        Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

0000:03:03.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD Technology Inc) SiI 3112 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD Technology Inc) Asus A7N8X
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
        I/O ports at 7000 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 7400 [size=4]
        I/O ports at 7800 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 7c00 [size=4]
        I/O ports at 8000 [size=16]
        Memory at fb004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2

[Hedge]

I tried using my Fedora Core CD1 and went into rescue mode, there I at least find the partitions, but I can mount them (theres no fstab file). What I noticed is that it uses "sata_sil" drivers. Does knoppix have this? (im guessing not).

[Hedge]

Ok so I checked around and kernel2.6 should have sata_sil. But a new problem has occured, now I cant even use Knoppix. It freezes after "Scanning for harddisk partitions and creating /etc/fstab... Done.". My HDD is making this repeating clicking sound that its been doing when it hangs.

God this is a mess..