amd64/125002: [install] amd64, SATA hard disks not detected

[Fabian Wenk]

Hello Joseph

On 16.08.08 22:40, Joseph Olatt wrote:
>  I have also encountered the same problem. The system is:
>  
>  Acer Aspire AM1640-U1401A

>  I installed Ubuntu 8.04.1 and here is the SATA information:
>  
>  /*** Begin transcript  ***/
>  [   22.014002] scsi0 : ahci
>  [   22.014087] scsi1 : ahci
>  [   22.014150] scsi2 : ahci
>  [   22.014186] scsi3 : ahci
>  [   22.014275] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m8192 at 0xfea7c000 port
>  0xfea7c100 irq 508
>  [   22.014278] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m8192 at 0xfea7c000 port
>  0xfea7c180 irq 508
>  [   22.014280] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m8192 at 0xfea7c000 port
>  0xfea7c200 irq 508
>  [   22.014283] ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m8192 at 0xfea7c000 port
>  0xfea7c280 irq 508
>  [   22.652562] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
>  [   22.653166] ata1.00: ATA-7: ST3250410AS, 3.AAF, max UDMA/133
>  [   22.653171] ata1.00: 488397168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth
>  0/32)
>  [   22.653885] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
>  /*** End transcript  ***/

Ubuntu has detected the disks as IDE (P-ATA). If Linux does see a 
S-ATA disk, it would be sda (aka SCSI disk).

>  I was not able to find AHCI in the BIOS to enable.

I did just a short general google with "Acer Aspire ahci" and 
found "Acer Aspire 4520 : Configuring HDD mode from SATA AHCI mode 
to IDE mode" [1]. According it should be in the BIOS main menu as 
"SATA Mode" which needs to be changed. Hopefully this is similar 
on your system, else you need to check in the manual of your BIOS.

   [1] 
http://www.zimbio.com/Laptop+Reviews/articles/3314/Acer+Aspire+4520+Configuring+HDD+mode+SATA

Do you have 4 GB or more RAM in this system? If not I would 
recommend to install the 32-bit version of FreeBSD.


bye
Fabian