[QCLUG] Help me Obi Wan, you're my only hope.

[Harley McClure]

On Thursday 21 December 2006 07:06 pm, Agamotto wrote:
> > On Monday 18 December 2006 20:17, Harley McClure wrote:
> >> I finally assembled my birthday present to myself: ASUS P5V800
> >> Motherboard, 2 GB RAM, 160G SATA drive, etc.
> >>
> >> What's the problem, you ask?  Simple.  It doesn't see the SATA drive
> >> when I try to install SUSE 10.1 from the DVD.  BIOS sees the drive as
> >> the master on the third IDE controller, but SUSE ignores it.
> >>
> >> Harley
>
> 	If memory serves me, most of the kernels expect the SATA drive to be IDE 0
> master for some reason or the other...
>
> 	I am not sure how to convince your mobo that it is IDE 0...
>
> 	Randy
>

I burned a copy of openSUSE 10.2 and booted from it.  It found the SATA drive 
and partitioned it without a fuss.  Now I get to finish adding all the extras 
and move my stuff over to the new box. 

Harley