FC2 AMD_64 Bug #120145

[Michael Bailey]

G'day people,

I posted this bug a couple of days ago to Bugzilla, anyone else 
encountered this problem with FC2 Test 2 (AMD_64)?

> From Bugzilla Helper:
> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6)
> Gecko/20040206 Firefox/0.8
> 
> Description of problem:
> When attempting to instal the x86_64 version of Core 2/Test 2,
> Anaconda fails to detect the SATA HDD attached via a VIA 8237 controller.
> 
> "No valid devices found. ..."
> 
> Attempted installing via driver disk located at
> http://www.planetamd64.com/modules/mx_pafiledb/dload.php?action=download&file_id=87
> , no luck (no valid device found on driver disk).
> 
> Ran with noprobe and manually selected via_sata driver, same response.
> 
> Gigabyte GA-K8VNXP
> Athlon 64 3000+
> Samsung 120GB SATA
> 
> 
> 
> Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
> 
> 
> How reproducible:
> Always
> 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1.  Insert install disc 1 and boot
> 2.  Run vanilla setup
> 3.  Installation will halt after partitioning method selection
>     
> 
> Actual Results:  Dialog "No valid devices found...".  Install stops
> and system shuts down cleanly.
> 
> Expected Results:  SATA HDD detected and partitioning proceeds.
> 
> Additional info:
> 
> Drive _was_ correctly detected in Core 1 for AMD64, however the
> distribution would not run X on the Radeon 9800Pro.
> 
> I'm not a complete Linux newbie, but am by no means an expert, so let
> me know if the problem lies between my ears...
> 
> regards,
> 
> mick