Ocigledno da neka zbrka ipak postoji, sto je i normalno za svaku novu stvar. Nije da ne moze, ali jos nije podrzano 100% chipsetova, tako bar ja ovo razumem.
http://www.linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html
Problem: Serial ATA (also known as S-ATA or SATA) chipsets are rapidly replacing legacy "parallel ATA" (PATA, i.e., regular ATA/133) chipsets — but many Linux installers' kernels don't yet support many Serial ATA chipsets. If yours isn't supported, you have an installation obstacle. SuSE's, Fedora Core 2's, Gentoo's, Knoppix's, Debian-sarge release candidates, and Mandrakelinux's installation kernels have a good selection of the required drivers. Scott Kveton's Debian netinst image does, likewise — see Links/Resources.
Note: There is no such thing as a distribution or its installer (generically) "having SATA support" (or not). Please send anyone speaking in such terms to this page. (Some SATA chipsets have been supported since practically forever, as their programming interfaces are unchanged from PATA predecessors. Others are brand-new and require new drivers from scratch.)