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Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:58:50 -0500
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From: Justin Jackson <jjackson385@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Install CD hanging on "probing floppy"
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> the root of the problem is that ich5 (8086/24db) is one of
> intel's first attempts at a sata/ide controller, and it doesn't
> work very well. =A0there are ways for the sata controller to
> wedge the ide side of things, and vice versa.
>
> 9atom has a number of defenses against this. =A0you may
> be able to boot with it, but mixing sata and ide on ich5
> basically doesn't work. =A0the easy and cheep solution is
> to get a sata cdrom.

Erik,

That's really interesting...how do you keep up with all that hardware?

I'll give it a try with a sata cdrom. Thanks!


-Justin