Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:55:20 +0200 From: Christer Hermansson <mail@chdevelopment.se> To: Joseph Olatt <joji@eskimo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 install on Acer Aspire AM1640-U1401A Message-ID: <48CD8848.6010003@chdevelopment.se> In-Reply-To: <20080816121122.A5397@eskimo.com> References: <20080816121122.A5397@eskimo.com>
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Joseph Olatt wrote: > Hello, > > I have tried installing the following versions of FreeBSD: > - 7.0 Release > - 6.2 Release > - 6.1 Release > > on an ACER Aspire AM1640-U1401A computer and the install program is not > detecting the SATA hard drive. > > Does anybody else on the list have the above computer and have they > succeeded in installing FreeBSD on it? > > Any hints or feedback will be greatly appreciated. > > regards, > joseph > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > Maybe this is a very late reply but I haven't read this list for a while and this post/problem seems unsolved so I make a reply. Maybe you need to adjust the settings in the bios. I have the experience that to install and run Windows XP I need to *disable* native sata in the bios on some notebooks, e.g. HP 6710B, but to install and run Linux I must *enable* native sata in the bios. -- Christer Hermansson http://www.chdevelopment.se
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