I know this is selling out to the enemy, but, did you get a Windows disk with it? Run it long enough to download a new FP6 and see if that works.<br><br>Jack<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/2/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Justin Thiessen</b> <<a href="mailto:justin.thiessen@gmail.com">justin.thiessen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
So the next step I would try would be googling "linux" + the relevant<br>output for lspci, such as<br><br>"IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 438c"<br><br>+ anything else that seems relevant, such as "PCI ID" to reference the
<br>PCI ID database.<br><br>With just linux + pci + the lscpi string, I get several hits, including:<br><br><br><a href="http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=507629">http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=507629
</a><br><br>Where it looks like (at the bottom of the thread) the person with this<br>trouble solves his problem booting the install CD with:<br><br><br>apci=force irqpoll<br><br>Or:<br><br>pci=nomsi<br><br>Here's another, longer, thread which might be relevant:
<br><br><a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?s=2dca699be2be569e56aa2d2991cd5585&t=299929&page=5">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?s=2dca699be2be569e56aa2d2991cd5585&t=299929&page=5</a><br>
<br>I saw what might be some more useful ones with the same search terms.<br><br>Even though the laptops referenced in these threads aren't branded the<br>same as yours, they do appear to have at the very least similar
<br>hardware.<br><br>Justin<br><br>On 2/2/07, Dave Sisley <<a href="mailto:dsisley@sonic.net">dsisley@sonic.net</a>> wrote:<br>> Lincoln Peters wrote:<br>><br>> >On Thursday 01 February 2007 21:03, Dave Sisley wrote:
<br>> ><br>> ><br>> >>Trouble is it has a SATA Hard drive, and when I tried to install FC5 on<br>> >>it, I get a message to the effect that there's no hard drive. Knoppix<br>> >>
4.0.2 is similar - it boots fine, but there's no drives to mount. I<br>> >>know I should have more contemporary versions of Linux for this box, but<br>> >>I have no CD burner right now, so I was going to install FC5, then
<br>> >>download FC6 (or something new?) and then install that...<br>> >><br>> >><br>> ><br>> >Boot into Knoppix. Open a Konsole window and run the "lspci" command. It<br>
> >should list pretty much everything that's attached to the motherboard,<br>> >including the make and model of your troublesome SATA controller.<br>> ><br>> >Once you know what kind of SATA controller you're dealing with, things might
<br>> >get easier.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> Thanks Lincoln, but I get this - a lot of Unknowns:<br>><br>> 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a33 (rev 01)<br>>
<br>> 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a3f<br>><br>> 0000:00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4380<br>><br>> 0000:00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4387
<br>><br>> 0000:00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4388<br>><br>> 0000:00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4389<br>><br>> 0000:00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 438a
<br>><br>> 0000:00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 438b<br>><br>> 0000:00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4386<br>><br>> 0000:00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4385 (rev 13)
<br>><br>> 0000:00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 438c<br>><br>> 0000:00:14.2 0403: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4383<br>><br>> 0000:00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 438d
<br>><br>> 0000:00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4384<br>><br>> 0000:01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a61<br>><br>> 0000:02:02.0 Communication controller: Conexant: Unknown device 2f20
<br>><br>> 0000:02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)<br>><br>><br>> Is there any reason to think a fresher Knoppix would have better luck?<br>> I'm downloading Knoppix
5.1.1 to a work machine and will burn it later<br>> today.<br>><br>> FWIW, there isn't much to google about this model from Compaq. My guess<br>> is that it's a brand new one that has just come out in time for the
<br>> Vista roll out. There's a FedEx sticker on the box, so I'm guessing<br>> that this model wasn't available before Tuesday (V-day).<br>><br>> Still googlin'.<br>><br>> -dave.<br>>
<br>> --<br>> Dave Sisley<br>> <a href="mailto:dsisley@sonic.net">dsisley@sonic.net</a><br>> <a href="http://roth-sisley.net">roth-sisley.net</a><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________
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