SiI3x12A Fedora Core Install

[Aron Rubin]

So I got this mondo hammer (athlon64) machine, but it has only a SATA 
drive. Prior to procuring said machine, I made sure I could find some 
sort of statement of support, some vague, for each component. Well poop, 
the Fedora Core install process does not recognize the SATA controller, 
which is a Silicon Image SiI 3x12. There does not seem to be a "legacy" 
emulation option in the bios. The vendor only supplies the driver 
compiled into a 2.4.18 binary distro and a promise for inclusion in 2.6. 
After much searching I came across:
http://www.infowares.com/linux/
These drivers claim support for the SiI3x12A controller. Before I go and 
try to use them, can someone give me some direction as to how to do so 
with the install process. Any other *useful* info would be appreciated.

Aron

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