Hi,
On Wed, 07 Jan 2004, Brendan Halpin wrote:
> Anyway, I've discovered a bit more about my machine, and now I want
> to rephrase my query: is there ANY distro which will install on a
> SATA drive? (Dell Optiplex GX270 w/ 120gb SATA drive.)
>> I've tried RH9 and Debian sarge, and both choke on the apparent
> absence of a HD. Any solution that doesn't involve the use of a
> screwdriver (i.e. putting in an IDE drive and installing on that as
> per http://www.e-aiyama.com/~toshi/Computer/Linux/SATA.html).
some interesting discussion here:
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=sw_linux&message.id=3900
Gavin
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