Problem Installing Sata Card on Ubuntu 10.04

[joelandsonja]

I purchased a new Sata Card today so I can install multiple harddrives on my system, but It appears as though I am missing the drivers for the card, because it is simply not recognizing it.

Does anyone know how to obtain drivers for these cards and install them?

Please keep in mind that I am a Newbie when it comes to Ubuntu jargon, so I would appreciate it if someone could walk through the process with me.

Thanks!

Edit - Just in case you were wondering, the Sata Card is Generic, and I have no idea who the manufacturer is. It literally says 'Sata Card' on the box and has no company information, but I did buy it at a reputable business, so I have no doubt that it should work fine. It is most likely this card: Newegg.com - SYBA SD-SATA-4P PCI SATA Controller Card

[oz]

I did buy it at a reputable business, so I have no doubt that it should work fine. It is most likely this card: Newegg.com - SYBA SD-SATA-4P PCI SATA Controller Card

If it's that card, it should work without having to install any drivers according to the dozen or so reviews that I read on the NewEgg review pages for that product. If it's not working for you, maybe it's not the same card.

[joelandsonja]

It probably isn't, but I need to know how I am able to get the drivers.

Is there some kind of command I need to type into the terminal that will search for the hardware and it's drivers?

[oz]

Try running lspci to see if it will give you any info about the card.

[joelandsonja]

How do I run lspci?

I am quite new to Linux, so I am not sure where to find many of these options. <- This is me trying to understand how this all works ...

Keep in mind that I want to learn as much as I can about Ubuntu and stick it out rather than moving to Windows again ... but it is problems like this that make it frustrating.

[coopstah13]

open terminal windows, and type lspci, you can see if the sata card is found in that output

[joelandsonja]

Alright, I typed that in and this came up as one of the listings ... 01:05.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3512 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 01)

Could it be the card? ...

If so, any thoughts on what to do next?

[devils casper]

Execute sudo fdisk -l command in Terminal and post output here.

sudo fdisk -l

* Its a small L in fdisk -l.

[joelandsonja]

This is what happened when I typed in the code:

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000c04f8

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 38162 306531328 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 38162 38914 6037505 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 38162 38914 6037504 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc01c0062

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 182401 1465136001 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdc: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes
1 heads, 63 sectors/track, 46512336 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 63 * 512 = 32256 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0460b790

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 2 46512256 1465136032+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdd: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x602f93f8

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 1 121601 976760001 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sde: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x7f90dba9

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sde1 1 30401 244196001 7 HPFS/NTFS

What Do I Do Now?

[coopstah13]

is any of those the one you have plugged into the sata card?
320gb, 1500gb, 1500gb, 100gb, 250gb?