> Heya,
>
> Having problems getting our new Dell Optiplex 745s to install. First
> problem was the network card, but I managed to create an updated linux
> boot disk from CVS (which was a lot easier than I was expecting!) but
> now the scripts can't work out the boot device.
>
> The complaint is in find-boot-device at line 212.
>
> I've checked out the code but have no idea how I should alter it.
> /sys/firmware/edd/int13_dev80/interface says something like "SATA
> device: 0" (that's as close as I can remember - I did write it down
> somewhere...)
> I tried tweaking the find-boot-device script but got nowhere fast as
> perl really isn't my strong point.
>
> In the past with Dell boxes, we've changed the SATA compatability mode
> in the BIOS, but neither of the two available settings works!
>
> Anybody have any joy with these boxes? Or SATA in general?
>
> Cheers,
> Mark.
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