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

[Joseph A. Caputo]

Franco wrote:
>>I think your problems do not really have anything to do with myth
> 
> 
> Well, I'm not saying "myth has a bug",
> I'm just asking "how do I install Myth on this box" (please)
> 
> 
>>more kernel issues than anything else.  S-ATA support is still not
>>that robust in the kernel.
> 
> 
> Here the problem is not robustness.
> The problem is the install CDROM of FC1 doesn't install
> on a S-ATA hard disk (or at least, I don't know the trick)
> as - I guess - the install kernel hasn't s-ata compiled in.
> 
> And if I move to another distribution (I've tried with FC2 test 2)
> some packages in the distribution are a version "too high"
> and downgrading them breaks dependencies.
> 
> 
>>Which SATA card are you using?
> 
> 
> I am using an ASUS A7V600 motherboard with on-board
> integrated S-ATA; the controller is a VIA VT8237 chip,
> but I'm not reporting an hardware problem....
> 
> Franco

Sounds like you might want to take this up on the atrpms-users list...

-JAC