On Wed 07 Jan 2004 15:17, 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.)
>
Dunno, but have you tried latest mdk "cooker" i.e. bleeding edge
mandrake ?
Note that there according to here [1] mandrake 9.2 installs on some Dell
SATA if you disable DMA.
[1]
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=sw_linux&message.id=3898
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