Help Reqd:Redhat installation on SATA HDD

[yarapavan]

Hi All,

I bought a new pc with the following configuration
AMD 64bit 3000+
MSI RS480M2( Phoenix Bios)
Seagate 120GB SATA Hdd.

I intend to install linux onto it...
I tried installing various Redhat flavours RH9,FC1,PCQLinux2k5 ..
All those installers failed to recognize my harddisk..
The error says that it could not detect any harddisk attached to the system...

i checked thro google..but couldnot find any appropriate solution...i saw some posts suggesting legacy Parallel ATA selection but i could not find that option in my BIOS.
Please Help me in resolving this issue..

i badly want to install Linux in my PC

 

[cool_dude_prav]

Why not go for Ubuntu!! Presumably the best one out there according to Distro Watch

It surely supports SATA disks!!!

A SATA Discussion

 

[pradeep_chauhan]

Its quite strange FC should recognise your HDD it did in my case i hava a 865 with dual 160G sata. Please tell us more about the partitions and is it a dual boot setup that you are trying ? do you have an ide drive also.

 

[yarapavan]

hi prav,
thanx for the reply
i do not have ubuntu with me..

And Pradeep,

i got 3 partitions with my HDD.
yes it is a dual boot machine that i am trying to set up with winxp
I do not have any ide drive

 

[pradeep_chauhan]

In the bios disable the IDE controller(one not being used for CDrom etc) and set the OS type as plug and play. Please try now and see.

 

[yarapavan]

Hi Pradeep,
Thanx for the info..
But the problem still continues..

may be i should look at knoppix or any other live cd that can autodetect my SATA
harddisk..?

 

[demoninside]

Yes my friend is facing the same problem,
as i hv installed FC3 in mine on SATA 80GB, worked fine for me but didn`t worked in his system,
Live distro is supported check it out,
even if u hv some previous distro then it should recognise, just first installation can`t be linux(* in my friend case atleast.)