Hi Bartlomiej,

Thanks for the response!  I attach a file containing (I hope) all the 
answers to your questions.
Please shout if you need more.

Thanks,

- Chris

Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:

On 1/22/06, Chris Bamford [off-list ref] wrote:
 

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Hi Uwe,

I have been unsuccessfully trying to get Linux to work with my SATA disk
on my ASUS Vintage AE-1 barebone machine.

I have posted to the ASUS support site (see
http://vip.asus.com/eservice/techmailstatus.aspx?ID=WTM200601212130302557),
and am still waiting for a reply.
For more background on the problem, please see the attached message
which I sent to the ubuntu-users mailing list - which did not produce
any answers.
   

Thread is here:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2006-January/063781.html

 

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The BIOS can see the SATA disk, but Linux does not!
If I type "lsmod | grep -i ata" it returns nothing (no 'ata' drivers
loaded). If I type 'locate sata_sis', it finds 2 copies, so I assume it
should be OK if I load the drivers with modprobe:

   mobprobe sat_sis
   modprobe ata

"lsmod | grep -i ata" now shows them loaded, but what do I do next?  the
devices /dev/sd* are not present, so I cannot access the disk. Am I
missing a step?
   

Don't know, you didn't send output of lsmod command.

Does loading sata_sis module produces any messages?

 

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I tried to build the driver from the sources provided on the CD with the
machine, but it would not build (filesystem layout differences between
Fedora and Debian??).

Anyway, please help!

Any pointers/info/etc would be gratefully received.
   

What kernel version are you using?
What is the lspci -vvv output?

AFAICS:

* Ubuntu 5.10 is based on kernel 2.6.12.6
* SiS 182 support was added in kernel 2.6.14

Ben, any suggestion?

Thanks,
Bartlomiej