RHEL v4 can't find HDD issue

[Art Wildman]

Serial ATA (SATA) Linux hardware/driver status report
http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html
http://www.google.com/search?q=Linux+SATA+ICH8

2. Hardware support
Intel ICH "IDE" mode
Driver name: ata_piix

Summary: No TCQ/NCQ. Looks like a PATA controller, but with a few added, 
non-standard SATA port controls. Hardware does not support hotplug. 
"Warmplug" support is possible.

Update: ICH6/7/8 include support for addressing the SATA PHY registers. 
This is not yet supported in Linux, mainly because some BIOS do not fill 
in the necessary (PCI BAR) resources.

Update: Boot-time, probe-time issues continue to persist in some cases, 
related to the "PCS" register. The ata_piix driver in 2.6.18 and later 
provides a "force_pcs" module option to help users deal with this 
(values: 0=default, 1=ignore PCS, 2=honor PCS). Play around with 
'force_pcs' if you have device detection problems.

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Boris Raikhlin wrote:
> Hi Neill,
>  
> I tried to install the very last releases of RHEL v4 and v5.
> Nothing helps.
>
> Thanks,
>  
> Boris Raikhlin
> System manager
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>  
>  
> On 2/14/07, *Neill Flynn* <nflynn at itgeurope.com 
> <mailto:nflynn at itgeurope.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Boris,
>      
>     I had a very similar problem with Enterprise edition on a HP
>     DL360G4 machine, turned out that the RH disks I was using (the
>     ones RH sent me) didn't support the hardware, had to download the
>     latest release.
>      
>     Neill
>
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>     <mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com>] *On Behalf Of
>     *Boris Raikhlin
>     *Sent:* 12 February 2007 13:56
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>     *Subject:* RHEL v4 can't find HDD issue
>
>      
>     Hello,
>
>     I have a new PC of the following configuration:
>
>            - Motherboard: Intel DG965WH;
>
>            - CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6600;
>
>            - Chipset: G965;
>
>            - SATA controller: ICH8;
>
>            - HDD: 2x250GB disks.
>
>     1) I'm trying to install RHEL Server v4 kit (trial license).
>
>     2) I downloaded and burned the x86_64 version.
>
>     3) I know about the only working AHCI mode for ICH8.
>
>     4) I tried all the three drives options: IDE, AHCI and RAID (with
>     RAID configuration).
>
>     I get "No driver found" message at the beginning of the installation.
>
>     5) I installed the last BIOS update: MQ1618. Nothing has changed.
>
>     6) I tried RHEL v5 Beta 2 also. Same result.
>      
>     7) Open Suse v.10.2 does see the disks in AHCI mode, and
>        Windows XP does see the disks in IDE mode. 
>      
>