Re: chipset ICH5 on suse

miguel-lopes adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos underwear
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write:

> Hi I'm think on buying a board that has an ICH5 chipset that is
> responsable for Sata disks.
>
> Will I be able to install suse 9.2 on sata disks or do I have to get

> the some driver or compile the kernel.
>
> Any tips would be grateful
>
> Thanks

I have seen some people having problems with that chipset and the BIOS

not making the SATA drives visible to Linux unless you update the
BIOS,
I suppose it all depends on which version BIOS the computer has when
you get it.

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Mark
Novell Support Forums SysOp
Twixt hill and high water
N. Wales, UK.

Does that mean that I should update my BIOS on the ASUS P5P800.

And them try to install suse9.2

Thanks

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> miguel-lopes adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos underwear
to
> write:
>
> > Hi I'm think on buying a board that has an ICH5 chipset that is
> > responsable for Sata disks.
> >
> > Will I be able to install suse 9.2 on sata disks or do I have to
get
> > the some driver or compile the kernel.
> >
> > Any tips would be grateful
> >
> > Thanks
>
> I have seen some people having problems with that chipset and the
BIOS
> not making the SATA drives visible to Linux unless you update the
BIOS,
> I suppose it all depends on which version BIOS the computer has when

> you get it.
>
> --
> Mark
> Novell Support Forums SysOp
> Twixt hill and high water
> N. Wales, UK.
>

miguel-lopes adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos underwear
to
write:

> Does that mean that I should update my BIOS on the ASUS P5P800.
>
> And them try to install suse9.2
>
> Thanks

Not having played with one of those boards I am not sure, I did find
some documentation ( last week? ) when trying to help someone that
mentioned the SATA and ICH5 with Suse.. hang on..... clickety
click....

Nope can`t seem to find it now, I think it was on the lines of :

If you enable SATA it would not be recognised but if you enable
SATA/PATA the first disk will be recognised.

Sorry for being so vague, if I find the post or info again I will post

it, got a bit on at the moment so have not got much time.

HTH


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Mark
Novell Support Forums SysOp
Twixt hill and high water
N. Wales, UK.