[tlinux-users:07976] Re: Satellite A105, Redhat 9.0, "No Drives Found"
Larry Honeycutt <[email protected]>
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Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >Larry Honeycutt wrote: > > >>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 >> >> >Hi Larry, > I would start by pointing out that Red Hat Linux 9, the final >release, hit its official end-of-life on April 30, 2004. You could >also point them to: > >http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/eol/ > >You can still get updates for it from: > >http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/RH9/ > >I guess if you really want to use RH9, you could see if the 2.4.20 >kernel supports enough of the hardware, and build your own boot >disk. (Boot CD or Flash drive?) But it is going to be a lot of work. > >Mikkel > > Mikkel, I believe you are right about trying to "urge" them into the current version of Fedora. Tomorrow I will have to download and install it to compare it to what the Admin course requires. More fun! Thanks again, Larry