Will Linux support SATA hard disk?

Question

I can't Install the RHEL 4 on SATA Hard Disk
It says no storege device is found.

Answer 1

I don't know if your hard drive is special or unusual, but I have a SATA hard drive and I didn't need any drivers or anything for it to work with any version of Linux I've used (Fedora and Ubuntu distros, mostly). Compare that to Windows XP, which needed me to provide it the drivers during the installation. Unless you have a particular attachment to RHEL (like, you paid for it or something), try Ubuntu. Good luck!

Answer 2

I think you will need at least 2.6 kernel for it to detect your SATA drives otherwise you will need a driver which can get messy.

Get the 'latest' version of RHEL or download Fedora 7 (RedHat spinoff) which supports SATA 'out of the box'.

Answer 3

hmmm, of all the linux live-cd's i have used all of them detected my SATA drive. And its a RAID drive too, the windows xp install disk too shity to even recognize RAID, or come with the right drivers. And now i need a floppy drive, but i dont ******* have one. >.


Here is all the Linux Live-CDs i use:

Puppy Linux

Ubuntu Linux

DamnSmall Linux (DSL)

Knoppix Linux

Feather Linux

Answer 4

you dont specify which linux distro u r goin' to install! well linux can co-exist with windows on your hard disk.It will operates on its on partition.You need to allocate space for linux to install,linux usully require two partitions, one for system and other for swap(virtual memory).you will need upto 2GB to 6GB space which depends upon d package of Linux u install.Boot the Linux CD,once u boot from the cd u got welcome message, the installer runs some preinstall checks,follow the on screen messages an u can easily install the Linux. if i'll tell u the whole process then it will b long enough!

Answer 5

You need to find sata drivers for your system, designed for linux.