Small help or advice please....

Hi,

  I am struggling a bit to get a Dell Powervault 745N (i.e., Intel
31244/Vitesse 71714 (aka 7174) SATA controller) to run Linux.... I am
using Slackware with the 3.4.29 kernel.... the only module loaded is the
ethernet (e1000) and when I try to load sata_vsc it just hangs trying to
talk to disk 0.... If I unplug all the disks then the module will load and
all seems well, but without any disks, what's the point? ;)


  I have temporarly added a pci-ide controller in the expansion slot of
this box and have Linux running fine via that from a WD-800 pata
disk... So I have lots of tools, I just don't know how to troubleshoot
this SATA problem.....

  Any clues for me?? How can I troubleshoot this problem or get the intel
31244 to work??

TIA,

Dave Sims
Houston