Oh, damn VIA and ASUS; ubuntu install SATA problems

[curtis1552]

Well, I'm trying to get Ubuntu installed on my 'new' (bought on the forums) SATA drives.

I think the problem is with the installer for several reasons.
1. Gparted will recognise the drive fine as /dev/sda
2. I can mount the existing partitions.

The installer gets to 'partitioning the drives' and won't show the drive there.

I'm working this on my Winder's rig in my sig. (going to repurpose it)

Does anyone know how to get the installer to recognise my HDD?

Here's some info:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep sata
[    4.812974] sata_via 0000:00:0f.0: version 2.3
[    4.813297] sata_via 0000:00:0f.0: PCI INT B -> Link[ALKA] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[    4.813336] sata_via 0000:00:0f.0: routed to hard irq line 11
[    4.813416] scsi0 : sata_via
[    4.813509] scsi1 : sata_via
[    6.548662] sata_sil24 0000:04:00.0: version 1.1
[    6.548675] sata_sil24 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 32 (level, low) -> IRQ 32
[    6.548707] sata_sil24 0000:04:00.0: PCI: Disallowing DAC for device
[    6.548730] sata_sil24 0000:04:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    6.549353] scsi2 : sata_sil24
[    6.549437] scsi3 : sata_sil24
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep via
[    4.812974] sata_via 0000:00:0f.0: version 2.3
[    4.813297] sata_via 0000:00:0f.0: PCI INT B -> Link[ALKA] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[    4.813336] sata_via 0000:00:0f.0: routed to hard irq line 11
[    4.813416] scsi0 : sata_via
[    4.813509] scsi1 : sata_via
[   10.711506] pata_via 0000:00:0f.1: version 0.3.3
[   10.711531] pata_via 0000:00:0f.1: PCI INT A -> Link[ALKA] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[   10.711789] scsi5 : pata_via
[   10.711870] scsi6 : pata_via
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 Host Bridge
00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 I/O APIC Interrupt Controller
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:02.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
00:03.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
00:03.1 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
00:03.2 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
00:03.3 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
00:0c.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41)
00:0c.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41)
00:0c.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 02)
00:0d.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 80)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G71 [GeForce 7900 GTX] (rev a1)
04:00.0 Mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3132 Serial ATA Raid II Controller (rev 01)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 19)

The drive is set as SATA:RAID in the bios (not as IDE)
Also tried to set the BIOS to SATA:IDE in but the installer wouldn't recognise it then either.

 

[curtis1552]

Oh, hell.
I pulled the SIIG PCIe x1 SATA card and it detected my drive fine.