[ubuntu-uk] installing SATA hard drives?

[Eamonn Sullivan]

On 3/6/07, Ben Thorp <THORPB at uk.ibm.com> wrote:
>  > On 06/03/07, Eamonn Sullivan <eamonn.sullivan at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > . Ubuntu simply won't see the drives at all.
>  > >
>  > > -Eamonn
>  >
>  > Er...do you mean the live CD won't see the SATA drives or an install
>  > won't? Ubuntu (Dapper and Edgy) does see my SATA drives, Windows XP
>  > did not without a floppy drive and drivers to interrupt the install
>  > routine.
>
> I think he means that if you try the live CD and you can't see the SATA
> drives, then there's a good chance that you're going to have problems when
> you install. If you _can_ see them, then you won't.

yes, that's what I meant. Sorry, I trimmed the original message too much.

-Eamonn