From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 14 22:17:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FF8D106564A for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:17:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail@chdevelopment.se) Received: from av8-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (av8-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net [81.228.9.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEA2D8FC18 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:17:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail@chdevelopment.se) Received: by av8-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 7603138491; Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:55:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net [81.228.9.101]) by av8-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CAD23848B; Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:55:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from melissa.chdevelopment.se (78-70-120-199-no170.tbcn.telia.com [78.70.120.199]) by smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 147E337E46; Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:55:21 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <48CD8848.6010003@chdevelopment.se> Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:55:20 +0200 From: Christer Hermansson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080816 SeaMonkey/1.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joseph Olatt References: <20080816121122.A5397@eskimo.com> In-Reply-To: <20080816121122.A5397@eskimo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 install on Acer Aspire AM1640-U1401A X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:17:20 -0000 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