Fedora 7 (Intel P965) no Sata Hdd: Cannot install

fpoblete · #1 5th June 2007, 06:29 AM

I have a ABIT AB9 MB, which has an Intel P965 chipset.
I try to install Fedora Core 7, but no disk is detected (I've 2 SATA disks attached).

Am I doing something wrong or is it just that there's no P965 support?

(I had the same problem with previous Fedora distro, so I assumed it was because of the Kernel)

markkuk · #2 5th June 2007, 08:51 AM

Make sure that the drives are connected to the ICH8 SATA ports, not to the additional JMicron SATA chip. Set the Intel SATA controller to AHCI mode in the BIOS setup. Both FC6 and F7 support the Intel 965 chipset and the Intel ICH8/8R SATA controller.

MoonStalk · #3 5th June 2007, 03:01 PM

I'm currently running FC6 on my system (MSI P965 Neo), with the DVD drive connected to the JMicron controller and the Seagate SATA drive connected to the ICH8 controller, and everything works fine (assuming I add irqpoll to the kernel boot options).

When I try to install Fedora 7 on the same machine, the DVD drive works just fine, but the system cannot see my SATA hard drive.

I've tried some kernel options that made things work with FC6 (all-generic-ide and irqpoll), to no avail (both options alone or together make the system hang at the ata_piix driver load).

I moved the SATA drive back to the JMicron controller out of desperation, and the install can se everything and the install goes off without a hitch. System reboots and dumps me at a grub> prompt <sigh>.

I moved the SATA drive back to the ICH8 controller after the install and I can start the boot process, but it locks up complaining about IRC19 (says to add irqpoll to possibly fix the issue, which it doesn't) during the kernel boot.

So that is where I'm sitting now, where Fedora 7 looks to be a major step in the wrong direction.

Has anyone managed to get this working with this sort of setup?

markkuk · #4 5th June 2007, 05:09 PM

I have an Intel DG965WH motherboard with G965 chipset, ICH8R SATA controller and Marvell PATA. FC6 required using the all-generic-ide parameter for PATA support, F7 installed without any problems, no extra tricks required.

fpoblete · #5 6th June 2007, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by markkuk

Make sure that the drives are connected to the ICH8 SATA ports, not to the additional JMicron SATA chip. Set the Intel SATA controller to AHCI mode in the BIOS setup. Both FC6 and F7 support the Intel 965 chipset and the Intel ICH8/8R SATA controller.

I'm already using the AHCI mode with the drives connected to the ICH8 SATA ports.

dpfletch · #6 7th June 2007, 05:33 PM

Hi all,

I have an Abit AB9 motherboard and have the same trouble with Harddrive detection. If I plug the SATA HD into the JMicron ports then F7 installation goes fine, however, if I then plug another SATA HD into one of the ICH8 ports, F7 won't even boot. Trying to install to an ICH8 HD won't detect the harddrives at all.

I have read lots of reviews which say that the Abit AB9 is just not Linux compatible which is a real shame as I bought this board for a new Linux system

I'm still fiddling, but if anyone has any knowledge on getting the ICH8 ports working with SATA HD's then please let us know. Worst case scenario is that I'll have to buy another new motherboard that IS fully Linux compatible

fpoblete · #7 7th June 2007, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dpfletch

Hi all,

I have an Abit AB9 motherboard and have the same trouble with Harddrive detection. If I plug the SATA HD into the JMicron ports then F7 installation goes fine, however, if I then plug another SATA HD into one of the ICH8 ports, F7 won't even boot. Trying to install to an ICH8 HD won't detect the harddrives at all.

I have read lots of reviews which say that the Abit AB9 is just not Linux compatible which is a real shame as I bought this board for a new Linux system

I'm still fiddling, but if anyone has any knowledge on getting the ICH8 ports working with SATA HD's then please let us know. Worst case scenario is that I'll have to buy another new motherboard that IS fully Linux compatible

Is it a kernel issue? ... Any kernel freak out there? HELP US!

techmum · #8 8th June 2007, 02:06 AM

looks like many confirmed problems

Dave Jones @ Red Hat blog here>

http://kernelslacker.livejournal.com/79957.html

Lots of hard disk related bugs here >

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla...str&long_desc=

dpfletch · #9 8th June 2007, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fpoblete

Is it a kernel issue? ... Any kernel freak out there? HELP US!

Yeap I can confirm a panic

Basically:

1 SATA drive in the JMicron port (along with an IDE DVD-RW)
1 SATA drive in the ICH8 port

and the OS will boot and operate fine, but not see the drive in the ICH8 port.

The following is in dmesg:

Code:

irq 20: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
handlers:
[<c0566ae6>] (usb_hcd_irq+0x0/0x4e)
Disabling IRQ #20

and then further down when setting up the drives:

Code:

ata5.00: failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x40)

and then the drive is disabled and the kernel doesn't try to use the drive any more.

Then, if I put the OS drive in the ICH8 port, grub starts up and F7 tries to boot, then fails when trying to access the drive (same error as above) and then a kernel panic because none of the partitions can be mounted.

At least the system is workable if using the JMicron ports. Not ideal as I'd like to use the ICH8 ports (especially with 3 HD's to put on there

) but it looks like a new kernel update and some patching should sort things out in time so I'm happy to wait and keep bodging in the mean-time

dpfletch · #10 8th June 2007, 01:08 PM

Just found an odd thing. The latest Ubuntu build (7.04) not only detects the drives on the ICH8 controller, but will also install to them. It'll even boot after install, but adding another drive to the controller causes the box to fail during boot - not able to initialise the drives

dpfletch · #11 11th June 2007, 01:31 AM

Ok, got everything up and running at last

For some reason, if I put a SATA drive in ICH8 port 1 then Fedora would not install or run at all. Putting a drive in a higher port (2 and above) and the Fedora install can see the drives fine.

To cut a long story short, I am running 1 drive in the JMicron port (channel 8) which houses the OS, and two more SATA drives on the ICH8 controller (channel 5&6) for storage.

I'm a happy chappy who is no longer looking at a new motherboard

chagascon · #12 2nd July 2007, 03:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MoonStalk

I'm currently running FC6 on my system (MSI P965 Neo), with the DVD drive connected to the JMicron controller and the Seagate SATA drive connected to the ICH8 controller, and everything works fine (assuming I add irqpoll to the kernel boot options).

...

I moved the SATA drive back to the JMicron controller out of desperation, and the install can se everything and the install goes off without a hitch. System reboots and dumps me at a grub> prompt <sigh>.

I moved the SATA drive back to the ICH8 controller after the install and I can start the boot process, but it locks up complaining about IRC19 (says to add irqpoll to possibly fix the issue, which it doesn't) during the kernel boot.

This is also what I did.

DVDrom in IDE, and a SATA drive in jmicron sata port. After install and reboot, transfer SATA drive to ICH8 sata port, add "acpi=off irqpoll" in boot parameter

However, the FEDORA LIVE CD works even without these kernel parameters. But if you have an IDE CD/DVDrom drive, you must use the JMicron sata port. Drives plugged in the ICH8 ports will NOT be detected at all, but the LIVECD will boot and run anyway. Disabling the JMicron in BIOS (Integrated Peripherals -> On-Chip ATA devices -> IDE/RAID control set to "Disable") and using USB drive with live fedora, results to ICH8 SATA being detected.

I want to have ACPI support, and irqpoll research seems to say that it may impact on system performance. Kernel has problems with shared interrupts on this chipset?

What is the better solution? It seems that JMicron is the culprit?

Better to just buy SATA CD/DVDrom and turn off JMicron.

Conclusion: Linux not yet ready for newer hardware (without workarounds, that is)

cmarenbach · #13 11th September 2007, 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dpfletch

Ok, got everything up and running at last

For some reason, if I put a SATA drive in ICH8 port 1 then Fedora would not install or run at all. Putting a drive in a higher port (2 and above) and the Fedora install can see the drives fine.

To cut a long story short, I am running 1 drive in the JMicron port (channel 8) which houses the OS, and two more SATA drives on the ICH8 controller (channel 5&6) for storage.

I'm a happy chappy who is no longer looking at a new motherboard

Created a form account just to say "thanks". Now my hot box is usable. Using the 2nd port allowed me to install Fedora. I also had Ubuntu installed, and that would only boot half the time, no matter what IRQ directives I added or whatnot. What a lucky find.

dpfletch · #14 11th September 2007, 08:10 PM

Your very welcome

sameerdhar · #15 11th February 2008, 10:24 AM

hi pl help,
i have a mother bd msi p 965 neo that just does not let me install any of the linux. i also have a similar error as posted by a few others that is the 'irq error nobody cared......' what is the solution tho that. pl pl help.