Hi Radu,

A couple of months ago I  made an entry-level server w/ serial ATA HD 
work with
SL 4 by just setting the BIOS compatibility mode to IDE  (PATA+SATA) 
compatible mode.
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Rogerio

Radu Iliescu wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install SL 4.5 on a computer (ACER Power F6) with a SATA h
> ard
> disk. During the installation the hard disk drive is not recognized.
>
> A workaround could be to change the disk with a IDE (PATA) hard disk,
> install SL, get the drivers for SATA controller and then migrate the syst
> em
> to the SATA hard disk. Here the problem is that the computer is sealed an
> d I
> don't want to lose the warranty.
>
> Does anybody know any other solution or workaround?
>
> Thanks,
> Radu Iliescu
>