On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 07:37 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:
On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 07:58 -0400, Alfred von Campe wrote:
On Jun 2, 2006, at 6:57, Johnny Hughes wrote:
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I would suggest the following:
- Make sure you have the latest system BIOS available from the
motherboard manufacturer. If you have a controller for the SATA drives that is not on the motherboard, make sure it has the latest BIOS offered by the manufacturer.
- Make sure you have the latest bios for the hard drive(s) in question
if there are bios updates provided from the hard drive manufacturer (that is the case with some SATA hard drives).
- Look in the BIOS for settings that concern the drives (either in the
motherboard or a separate controller) and ensure you understand what each one does and that they are set appropriately for Linux operations.
- See if the controller manufacturer or the motherboard manufacturer
provide Linux Drivers for the SATA controllers that might be newer than the ones in the Linux kernel.
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If I may also suggest:
5. Check with the support orgs/sites of all component manufacturers (possibly even the distributor you purchased from) to see if they have knowledge of issues and resolutions. I've noticed over the years that often a problem with a particular combination of hardware/software is encountered/reported/solved between the end-customer and a support organization earlier than elsewhere. Even if not, the *good* support organizations will strive to help because they know that it is likely that others will encounter the problem.
HTH