[Asterisk-Users] Semi OT - SuperMicro config question for the Linux/Hardware jedi's - $50 bounty!

[Jean-Rene Cormier]

On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 20:14 -0500, Cory Andrews wrote:
> I have a SuperMicro 5013C-MT with the P4SCT+ motherboard and am having 
> trouble
> with all Linux distributions  (Debian, Gentoo, Redhat ES3 and
> Ubuntu). No distributions will detect the SATA drives and therefore
> cannot install.
> 
> I've ran a google check and it seems the onboard controller is completely
> unsupported by Linux and there are proprietary binary drivers with a
> classic catch 22 scenario where they require a working installation to set
> up while the installation depends on them.

There seems to be 2 onboard controller on that motherboard from what I
can see on Supermicro's website. Which one are you trying to get to
work? Or did you try both of them? I did have this problem myself when I
got my first SATA drive and I wrote a small article on how to create a
driver disk for Fedora Core 1 for my onboard Promise SATA controller. I
believe Redhat ES3 is pretty close to FC1 so the article could still
help you out. It's at
http://www.jrcormier.com/computers-linux/fedorasata.php

Hope this helps!

-- 
Jean-Rene Cormier <jrc at jrcormier.com>