When attempting to install Mandrake 10.1 using the default options (pressing enter) I got a message rather continually and gave up and rebooted, the message was:

so I attempting again and went into the options section this time trying "linux noapic" and got the same message.

The next attempt I tried using the alt1 config, and this seemed to be going better until it informed me that "the floppy" didn't have the sil3114A sata_sil and later in the instalation it gave me this message:

and as you've probably guessed my SATA drive wasn't recognized during partitioning, so I could not install (this is the drive I am attempting to install Mandrake to)

My other IDE drive was recognized and everything else looked fine, from what I could see at that point.

My mobo is: ASUS k8n4-e deluxe with NVIDIA nForce 4 4xchipset

(oh yeah, the drive is fine I am able to use it on windows)

So my question is how can I get the install to load the drivers for my SATA controller?

any help is welcomed with open arms (I've been googling for hours to no avail and have gotten extremely frustrated and being a linux newbie doesn't help )

I think to get that installed you may need to go to a newer version. 2006.0 or one.

You should be able to check at mandriva as to whether your chipset is supported.

Then again, maybe asus or nvidia have linux modules you can save onto floppy for the install.

Just a guess.

Mandriva download site
http://www.mandriva.com/en/downloads

This is an older ver,
Mandriva 10.2 is 2005LE, you can find the iso's here,
ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distribu.../iso/i586/10.2

Thanks for the info & links!

Do you know where I could get these modules?

do try 2005 or 2006, same advice as above
Yes and no. Do try first full distro 2005 or 2006.
It will all be there hopefully, and your life will be simpler

As Emmanuel_uk said, but you could try the asus motherboard download site, or Nvidia's chipset site.

You'll have to have a look.

I did, http://www.google.com.au/linux?hl=en...G=Search&meta=

here's just one hit, http://www.driverscollection.com/?H=...0Sun%20Solaris

That one is for suse, I'm sure you'll find more.

But more than likely, they are already in the newer kernels, there's nothing stopping you from upgrading your

kernel to 2.6.16.x to increase the security of your system and also to get access to newer modules for heaps

of newer hardware.
ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/mandr...-1mdk.i586.rpm

Watch the cooker stuff though, it's the cutting edge of the Developement.

Another iso site, http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/mandrak...o/2006.0/i586/

See how you go.

Thank you both!

I have already done quite a bit of looking, before and after posting this thread, but I'll give her another go.

If I were to download a newer kernel how would I go about installing with it?
(as I can't install with these kernels)

Thanks again for the info

the way to go is to get 2005 or 2006 because it will have a newer kernel.
It is all done for you. AT this stage you are better of learning
basics from linux than kernel compiling if you are new to linux

A newer kernel: (do not remove the old one!)
either using urpmi (but that would only be a security update I think,
do not take my word for it)
or downloaded from mirror of kernel.org
then untar
then change link to /usr/src/linux
then make xconfig
then
make bzImage && make modules && make modules_install
then copy 3 files to /boot
make the initrd
add the grub settings for the new kernel (keep the old one)
and get rolling

Plenty of tutorial around, make a backup of .config,
and there are tricks like make oldconfig (?)

One of the thing is that the kernel is patched by mandriva,
so with a stock kernel you may be missing a thing or two,
although I believe it can be made to work without too much problem

Any newer kernel will not have nv drivers, the distro will.

Sorry for taking too much for granted.

I have a Nvidia nforce chipset

Mine is older, Nforce2 chipset. Gigabyte Ga7N400 Pro2 motherboard.

If you can't install then you won't be able to upgrade the kernel.

I would down load the 2006 mandriva, and run the install from the beginning, it's three cd's worth of software and it's free. Kernel version 2.6.12-12

If you have the same problem with that version of the distro, then I'm not too sure what to do as far as mandriva is concerned.

Here is the output of uname -a and lsmod from my system. I'll highlight the main chipset pieces in red. The other stuff like usb and apm acpi is in there too, but if you get the main bits the rest should take care of itself.

This one is from the cooker,

Linux localhost 2.6.16-3mdk-i686-up-4GB #1 Wed Jun 28 20:09:45 CEST 2006 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+ unknown GNU/Linux
[root@localhost ~]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
radeon 108160 1
drm 62516 2 radeon "This is standard 2D graphics, not the ATI driver package".
ipv6 231744 10
snd_seq_dummy 2532 0
snd_seq_oss 29892 0
snd_seq_midi_event 5760 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 44844 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 6284 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 39712 0
snd_mixer_oss 15232 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_intel8x0 28444 3
snd_ac97_codec 92416 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 1728 1 snd_ac97_codec "uses the intel chip modules"
snd_pcm 68040 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 18148 3 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 7592 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
snd 43616 13 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd _timer
soundcore 6816 1 snd
parport_pc 31280 0
lp 9856 0
parport 32008 2 parport_pc,lp
usblp 11232 0
floppy 58412 0
video 12964 0
thermal 10472 0
processor 17280 1 thermal
fan 3108 0
container 2944 0
button 4720 0
battery 7268 1
ac 3268 0
joydev 8032 0
ide_cd 35808 0
loop 13224 0
ntfs 258036 1
nls_iso8859_15 4288 6
nls_cp850 4544 5
vfat 10272 5
fat 46556 1 vfat
supermount 31444 1
nvidia_agp 6044 1
agpgart 25968 2 drm,nvidia_agp "Nvidia chip for agp slot"
usbhid 45152 0
tsdev 6016 0
ehci_hcd 25928 0
ohci_hcd 17732 0
usbcore 112032 5 usblp,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
ext3 121672 8
jbd 46420 1 ext3
sd_mod 15312 10
sata_sil 6792 9
libata 52748 1 sata_sil
scsi_mod 117836 2 sd_mod,libata "SATA chip, sil3512A "during bios"
[root@localhost ~]#

This is the standard kernel from Mandriva 2006.0, kernel 2.6.12-12

Linux localhost 2.6.12-12mdk #1 Fri Sep 9 18:15:22 CEST 2005 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+ unknown GNU/Linux
[root@localhost ~]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
dm_mirror 19348 0
dm_mod 51804 1 dm_mirror
r8169 21868 0
radeon 76672 0
drm 60404 1 radeon
md5 3584 1
ipv6 234016 8
snd_seq_dummy 2532 0
snd_seq_oss 31136 0
snd_seq_midi_event 5696 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 46960 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 6828 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 48960 0
snd_mixer_oss 16896 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_intel8x0 29408 1
snd_ac97_codec 83900 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm 79784 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 20548 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 8392 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
snd 46116 11 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd _timer
soundcore 7008 1 snd
parport_pc 32612 0
lp 10024 0
parport 31976 2 parport_pc,lp
usblp 10976 0
floppy 55444 0
video 14052 0
thermal 10920 0
tc1100_wmi 5092 0
processor 17876 1 thermal
fan 3172 0
container 3008 0
button 4848 0
battery 7460 1
ac 3268 0
ide_cd 37988 0
loop 14504 0
ntfs 212792 1
nls_iso8859_15 4224 6
nls_cp850 4480 5
vfat 10592 5
fat 45980 1 vfat
supermount 31956 1
joydev 8128 0
usbhid 44544 0
xpad 9408 0
nvidia_agp 5916 1
agpgart 29032 2 drm,nvidia_agp
tsdev 5984 0
ehci_hcd 29192 0
ohci_hcd 19140 0
usbcore 108348 6 usblp,usbhid,xpad,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
evdev 7648 0
ext3 124744 8
jbd 48568 1 ext3
sd_mod 16112 10
sata_sil 6084 9
libata 41956 1 sata_sil
scsi_mod 120808 2 sd_mod,libata
[root@localhost ~]#

See how you go, But I do think you will need to have these drivers on the setup/install cd's to get it to work at all to begin the install.

Good luck!
(edit)
The NV drivers Emmanuel_UK mentions is the 3D graphics driver/module, not the MB chipset. (I think)

correct.
Sorry, jumped one step and assumed you might have a nvidia video card as well as nvidia chipset, and I was trying to say the closed source video driver for the card itself will not be in the kernel.
Off course it is a different issue to that of the sata

I found this, but you still need an installed operating system before you can unpack it or run it.

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/linux...e_archive.html

Linux nForce Driver - IA32
Version: 1.0-0306
Release Date: August 23, 2005

Hmmmm!?!