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Ubuntu doesn't detect SATA disc

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I have a new Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo P desktop (Intel chip) with 250MB SATA drive and Windows XP Home edition loaded. I have tried to install Ubuntu 6.06 and 6.10 from CD's and 6.10 from DVD. They all fail when they get to the hard disc part. They don't dtect the drive and the install stops. Is there is known problem with SATA drives? Could the USB memory cards reader be what the loader sees as a disc drive? Any advice gratefully received from a frustrated would be Linux user.

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williamts99 (williamts99) said : 		#1

What kind of SATA card is in the machine?

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Des (des-jateka) said : 		#2

It's integrated on the mother board, which is made by Asus

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Bordiga Giacomo (gbordiga) said : 		#3

Try to add pci=nomsi to the kernel boot parameters (from grub). If it works, once you have installed ubuntu add the kernel boot parameter in the configuration file /boot/grub/menu.lst (remember to add it also to the defoptions).

Example:
...
# defoptions=quiet splash pci=nomsi
...
title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-8-generic
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-8-generic root=UUID=220f4551-f218-4553-9e08-9c54d8ca265e ro quiet splash pci=nomsi
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-8-generic
quiet
savedefault
...

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