On Jun 8, 2006, at 8:37, Johnny Hughes wrote:
If this hasn't worked for a long period of time and then just failed (in other words, this is a new install and has never worked properly) then I would suspect driver related issues.
This is a brand new PC (IBM/Lenovo ThinkCentre M51) with 4GB of memory (but the Intel chipset can only address 3GB, so that's all that's available to the OS), a new 160 GB SATA drive, and a fresh install.
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.
Since the PC is brand new (well, 2 months old), I assume it has the latest and greatest BIOS, but I will double check that.
- 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).
The drive was purchased last week, so again I think it's the latest and greatest. But how do I check this?
- 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.
I will do that when I'm back at the PC (I'm in training all day today).
- 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.
Good ideas. I will definitely have to look into this. Does anyone know if Lenovo is providing Linux drivers at this point?
Alfred