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 > > You could try checking your bios for SATA settings. Quite often you can change the way the controller behaves, although I can't recall the terminology they use for it. It should be listed as something like Enhanced or Legacy. Try flipping that setting and see what you get. Cheers, Mark -- Mr. Mark V. Stodola Digital Systems Engineer National Electrostatics Corp. P.O. Box 620310 Middleton, WI 53562-0310 USA Phone: (608) 831-7600 Fax: (608) 831-9591