linux and sata

[D4RK GR4YL3N]

im doing a linux install on my brand new 160 gig sata hdd but when i get to the partition the harddrive part of the install it says it cant find one. i found it in the bios and did some low level formatting there and still nothing. i tried fendora, rh 9 and mandrake. sata is through some silicon image controller thing

 

[D4RK GR4YL3N]

arent RH 9, mandrake 9.2 and fendora all 2.4? they're the most recent versions available (for free)

 

[lo_tek]

you're right, they are all running 2.4.x kernels. Go to http://www.kernel.org and see if you can find the support specs for the new 2.6.x kernel. There may be support for your drive there.

 

[D4RK GR4YL3N]

are there any free distros with kernel 2.6? or with 2.4.22? any way i cold get a driver installed before the rest of the os?

 

[D4RK GR4YL3N]

mandrake is 2.4.22 ..... but none of the drivers listed in the install work with my chip: a silicon image sil3114. any where i can find a driver for it and if so how would i install it