[mythtv-users] Mythtv on an S-ATA box (help!!)

[David]

The way I solved this was to install KnoppMyth to a temporary PATA drive 
(soooo easy )
Then upgraded the kernel to 2.6.4 (soooo easy - and I needed it for VIA 
SATA support which is only in backports to 2.4.xxx)
The SATA drives now appear (you need to enable SCSI and SATA is in the 
low level scsi device list)
Then create some partitions and some lvm2 space (soooo .... hmm well, I 
made everything xfs here - on 2nd thoughts reiserfs would be a better 
match 'cos it allows resizing bigger and smaller which may be useful for 
lvm2 stuff)
then, in single user mode, copied across my root partition, myth 
partition etc. (getting fiddly, use cpio in -p mode)
you need to mount the new drive and edit /etc/fstab etc to change references
Then install grub to the new drive (this is quite tricky - RTFM)

Reboot and you're done.

David

William White wrote:

> Coax wrote:
>
>> The problem is, of course, lack of kernel support for SATA in FC1, and
>> FC2 (testing) is just a bit too alpha for your needs..
>
>
> I've never had a problem with SATA drives on FC1, they always appear 
> as SCSI (e.g., /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2).  OTOH it may be the chipset I 
> use (Intel 8265 w/ VIA VT6410 ATA133 RAID) is better supported.  FC1 
> install detected the SATA drives fine too.  I've run FC1 on a 
> pure-SATA host too (don't recall the chipset), although that box has 
> since had PATA drives added for more space.
>
> I wonder if the FC1 installer simply doesn't include the module you 
> need for your chipset.  If that's the problem you could probably 
> install onto a parallel ATA drive, then see whether the SATA is 
> recognized; if so, just copy your installation (including boot 
> partition and blocks) onto the SATA drive.  Just don't forget to 
> update /etc/fstab, grub/lilo config, etc.  You could also make your 
> own installation with the mods you need, I have no idea how to do that.
>
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