19 Mar
2010
19 Mar
'10
7:53 p.m.
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Peder Hedlund <peder(a)musikhuset.org> wrote:
Quoting Mark Knecht <markknecht(a)gmail.com>om>:
I got a Lenovo M58 today with an Intel MoBo and the trick there was to
disable AHCI in the SATA settings. After that I had no problem booting and
installing with my XP-SP3 CD.
- Peder
Congrats on getting it working.
My understanding about going that way was that WRT Windows, once
non-AHCI, always non-AHCI. Linux was easy. I built support for
everything into the kernel and can change BIOS anytime. I'll be
interested in your experiences as you go forward.
Cheers,
Mark
So far,
all new PC's I've encountered still have drivers for XP if you
go to their website.
The trick to recognizing SATA is to set it to "Compatible" instead of
"Native" in BIOS. Once you've installed the proper driver you can set
it back to Native.
Nahh...didn't work on these Intel motherboards. I tried all three
modes available in BIOS. None of them worked.