[opensuse] Suse 9.0 Enterprise Server is not recognizing SATA drives
Hi Friends, I am trying to install Suse 9.0 Enterprise Server on Server on Core2Duo Xeon 3040 (2.4 Ghz) ,4GB DDR2 667 RAM and Toshiba 160 GB SATA 2 HDD . Suse is not able to detect the SATA hard drives. Is there any way I can install Suse 9.0 on this server. Thanks & Regards Ankush -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
ankush grover wrote:
It was somewhere around the Suse 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 timeline that SATA support was introduced and then refined. I don't remember exact versions, sorry. But I guess that SATA support in 9.0 is going to be very patchy, if it exists at all. And of course it can't support any newer hardware developments. It might be possible to make 9.0 work with your SATA disks by backporting newer drivers, but it will be an awful lot easier to install a more modern release. As a fudge, you may be able to switch the SATA drives to 'legacy' mode in the BIOS. You'd need to check the hardware manuals for details. Cheers, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Nov 27, 2007 9:01 AM, Dave Howorth <dhoworth@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
In particular, Sata-2 will buy nothing but trouble with an older kernel. (Rarely worthwhile even with a current kernel due to Sata-1 being as fast as most of the other hardware anyway. Sata-2 is only useful with PMP devices, and those require a new kernel to be supported.) So I would check those drives and see if there is a jumper to restrict them to Sata-1 capability. That should turn off some sata-2 features (like NCQ) that are simply not supported with an old kernel. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 04:34:43PM +0530, ankush grover wrote:
You likely mean "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9" (no .0) The Service Pack 4 which is out soon will introduce better SATA support. Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ankush grover wrote:
IIRC with SuSE 9.0 the original DVD would not not install on sata with 64 bit dual processor systems. However, a patch download was released. Used to have it somewhere... I was forced by a cheapo IDE drive to install the base OS on and patch in the sata drive after installation... - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHTYv7asN0sSnLmgIRAt99AJ9cjmz/BodMluXtkO6DaHAlx47V3QCfUu3N vL2AEA8ox3kqr9zpV26+zPQ= =b8QC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
ankush grover wrote:
It was somewhere around the Suse 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 timeline that SATA support was introduced and then refined. I don't remember exact versions, sorry. But I guess that SATA support in 9.0 is going to be very patchy, if it exists at all. And of course it can't support any newer hardware developments. It might be possible to make 9.0 work with your SATA disks by backporting newer drivers, but it will be an awful lot easier to install a more modern release. As a fudge, you may be able to switch the SATA drives to 'legacy' mode in the BIOS. You'd need to check the hardware manuals for details. Cheers, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Nov 27, 2007 9:01 AM, Dave Howorth <dhoworth@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
In particular, Sata-2 will buy nothing but trouble with an older kernel. (Rarely worthwhile even with a current kernel due to Sata-1 being as fast as most of the other hardware anyway. Sata-2 is only useful with PMP devices, and those require a new kernel to be supported.) So I would check those drives and see if there is a jumper to restrict them to Sata-1 capability. That should turn off some sata-2 features (like NCQ) that are simply not supported with an old kernel. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 04:34:43PM +0530, ankush grover wrote:
You likely mean "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9" (no .0) The Service Pack 4 which is out soon will introduce better SATA support. Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ankush grover wrote:
IIRC with SuSE 9.0 the original DVD would not not install on sata with 64 bit dual processor systems. However, a patch download was released. Used to have it somewhere... I was forced by a cheapo IDE drive to install the base OS on and patch in the sata drive after installation... - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHTYv7asN0sSnLmgIRAt99AJ9cjmz/BodMluXtkO6DaHAlx47V3QCfUu3N vL2AEA8ox3kqr9zpV26+zPQ= =b8QC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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