On 30 Dec 2008, at 21:44, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
Stroller wrote:
On 30 Dec 2008, at 13:43, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
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It seems you have set up the SATA controller to do (sub-optimal)
IDE/PATA emulation rather than native AHCI. Try enabling "AHCI" in
the BIOS (search for it in the SATA/IDE settings) and enable "<*>
AHCI SATA support" in the kernel.
Note that if you do that and you have Windows installed on the
same machine, you'll need to reinstall Windows since it won't boot
anymore if you change to AHCI.
Actually, Windows WILL still boot, as long as the correct drivers
are installed.
Procedure here is:
1) Set SATA to "old fangled" mode
2) Install Windows
3) Download drivers from manufacturers' website, SP1 or SP2 & SP3,
Windows Update &c.
4) Reboot laptop, set SATA to "native" mode.
Nope, that won't work. I know because I tried :)
Seems to work here. I can't go into details, because I've done i more
than once on different machines, but generally switching to the "new
style" in BIOS has worked fine for me, once the o/s is fully installed.
Stroller.
