F7 driver request at installation

Matthew Saltzman mjs at CLEMSON.EDU
Wed Sep 26 18:40:21 UTC 2007


On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 17:40 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:10:05 +0200
> "antonio montagnani" <antonio.montagnani at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I want to install F7 (actually I want to rescue a system on USB
> > disk).on my new Acer Apire 5720, but when I insert the DVD I get the
> > request for some driver connected to SATA, I suppose.
> > 
> > On my system I find (from Windows) the following hardware:
> > 
> > Intel 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI controller
> > Intel ICH8M Ultra ATA Storage Controllers -2850
> 
> For AHCI mode  ahci.c
> For legacy mode you need an updated install image for the ICH8M

If your BIOS has a setting for "compatibility mode" for your IDE/ATAPI
controller, try setting that.  If it works, after you get the latest
kernels, you can try to set it back.
-- 
                Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs




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