Hi John,
Tks for your advice.
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> You could look at the BIOS settings for your SATA - do you have the
> option of setting it to 'legacy' mode?
Only 2 Access Modes available: Large/Auto
None of them can work.
> Also have you thought about using an ordinary IDE CD-ROM drive to
> boot
> from?
> They sit about on shelves in many places, or you can cannibalise one
> from an old PC.
I'll turn over the store room later for an obsolete CDRom.
Now I successfully boot the SL LiveCD on another 64bit PC running on an
IDE DVD Writer. Speed is a little bid slower but at least it works for
me.
B.R.
Stephen L
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