** Description changed: Binary package hint: initramfs-tools With the latest version of Gutsy when booting from the alternate version the system cannot find the SATA hard drive on my Toshiba Tecra S3 laptop. The chipset that the laptop uses is the ICH6M chipset. - I have tried to run the following during the basic boot process for the alternate CD + I have tried to run the following during the basic boot process for the alternate CD according to http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=519229 Crtl-Alt F2 modprobe -r ata_piix modprobe ahci modprobe ata_piix Crtrl-alt F1 follow the rest of the instructions on getting the alt distro running. everything works fine until it hits the Disk Detection stage and cannot locate any hard drives. trying any of the the ide_ drivers do not work, neither do any of the scsi drivers. According to the http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html#sw_support site, AHCI and ata_piix should support the ICH6M chipset. + I somehow got this working once by adding libata, but I am unable to + sucessfully repeat this. The system successfully installed the OS but + remains unbootable at this point. + I am unsure what else to do at this point as Ubuntu 6.10 works fine on this system.
-- SATA ICH6M drivers not supported Ubuntu 7.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/155859 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
