[tlinux-users:07974] Re: Satellite A105, Redhat 9.0, "No Drives Found"

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:

Larry Honeycutt wrote:

Mikkel,
Well, it is a SATA drive, thanks! Now I feel silly! Okay so do we have
a the fix so I can install R.H. 9.0 on it? In one forum I read something
about changing the BIOS under SATA operation. I have nothing like that
in my BIOS. Is there an upgrade for the BIOS?
Larry

If I remember right, the BIOS change they are talking about is a
setting to make the SATA drive look like a PATA drive. I am guessing
that some controllers have an emulation mode where they behave like
a PATA controller for backward compatibility. I don't believe we
have that option on the A105. (But I have not looked into it too deep.)

You realy should look at installing a newer version of Linux, as
RedHat 9.0 is rather old by Linux standards, and is not going to
support most of the hardware on your laptop. I am playing with FC5,
and I have most of the hardware working. I still need to get suspend
working correctly, and get the extra laptop keys working...

Mikkel

Mikkel,

well, the latest BIOS doesn't have the software either,...I very well
may go to FC5. I will also need to convince the customer of the
same..Thanks for your help!

Larry