[solved] Asus p5vd2-mx & sata

fred.bsc · n00b Joined: 05 Aug 2006 Posts: 5

When I'm booting the x86-installation CD with my new
ASUS P5VD2-MX Board I cannot see my harddisks.
2 SATA 160GB, JMicron off, SATA Controller in IDE mode.

dmesg | grep drive -> hda is my DVD
dmesg | grep scsi -> nothing

Thes same problem with ubuntu live & knoppix, in
Windoof XP there is no problem.

Thanks for any help, fred

Keruskerfuerst · Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:54 pm Post subject:

Some hardware info is helpfull
1. Mainboard chipset
2. Which version of minimal install CD?

fred.bsc · n00b Joined: 05 Aug 2006 Posts: 5

Sorry!

Mainboard chipset
VIA P4M890
VIA VT8237A

Min Install CD:
2006.1 kernel 2.6.17
(todays download)

Thanks for any help, fred

fred.bsc · n00b Joined: 05 Aug 2006 Posts: 5

Maybe you need this info also:

VIA 8237A South Bridge:
*2 x UltraDMA 133/100/66/33
*2 x Serial ATA with RAID 0, 1, JBOD function
JMicron JMB363 SATA controller:
*1 x Internal Serial ATA 3 Gb/s
*1 x External Serial ATA 3 Gb/s (SATA On-the-Go)
*supports RAID 0, 1 & JBOD

nixnut · Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:45 pm Post subject:

Boot the cd, then look at the output of cat /proc/partitions
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fred.bsc · n00b Joined: 05 Aug 2006 Posts: 5

OK!

cat /proc/patitions
major minor #blocks name
7 0 49080 loop0

cat /proc/version
.. 2.6.17-gentoo-r7 ... gcc 4.1.1 ... Sep. 18 ..

But there is no HDD / Controller in dmesg. What to see
in /proc/partitions?

Thanks for any help, fred

Keruskerfuerst · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:39 pm Post subject:

just use fdisk -l to show all partitions and drives

fred.bsc · n00b Joined: 05 Aug 2006 Posts: 5

Thanx all helpers!

Kernel 2.6.17-r7 does'nt support VIA8237A. Just boot
kororaa 0.3 (or something like this) an install Gentoo
( 2.6.17-release8 ) ;-)

mxc · Guru Joined: 05 Mar 2003 Posts: 442 Location: South Africa

What drivers did you use for

1) Sound,
2) Videop Card?

My sound doesn't work and using "via" as the driver in xorg.conf results in X not starting.
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