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