Fedora Core 3 crashes when installing on several (Dell) SATA machines

[Alfredo Ferrari]

Thanks for the help.

I'll try...

           Alfredo

On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Bruno Eteve wrote:

> Alfredo Ferrari wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> Fedora Core 3 is systematically crashing when installing on various
>> models of Dell Precision workstations (270, 470, 670), all featuring
>> the following SATA controller:
>> 
>> 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller 
>> (rev 02)
>> 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller (rev 02)
>> 
>> The kernel gives a bunch of errors when loading the sata driver.
>> The bug has been already reported almost one month ago
>> 
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=144302
>> 
>> but apparently nobody cares about. Needless to say it is a showstopper,
>> any valid suggestion for a workaround (for installing and later for the 
>> kernel)?
>> 
>>                     Thanks
>>                  Alfredo Ferrari
>> 
>
> I encountered such a problem when I tried to install FC3 on a Dell
> PowerEdge SC420 box with SATA drives (ICH6/ICH6R controller).
>
> I've been fooling arround with other distros, installed the OS on
> a PATA drive (and could see the SATA drives).
>
> At the end, all the games I played with the SATA drives leaded them
> to full format : I used the Dell Tools CD on which the system can boot,
> there's a menu item which allows to empty all hard drives.
>
> I was on my way to install FC3 ont the PATA drive I had set in the box
> when I saw the SATA drive (which I had left in the box) at the install
> time.
>
> I could process all the install on the SATA drive and it's running fine.
>
> What I can't figure yet is :
>
> - does the Dell utilities partition mess the installer up ? (the drives
>  are not empty when you get a Dell machine)
> - does the fact I had a PATA *AND* a SATA drive impact anything ?
>
> What I suggest is : clean your hard drive(s) with the Dell CD Tools and
> try a fresh install.
>
> Hope this help.
>
>

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