Re: Installing a Linux OS from a SATA 6 port

2012-07-03 Thread Mark Panen
On 03/07/2012 11:06, GeraldC wrote: The system needs to be set to AHCI for best results Must i set my Marvel controller (SATA6) to AHCI _only_ which i have done and /or must i set the rest of the SATA ports to AHCI as well, i have a choice of IDE or AHCI for those four ports and the IDE setting

Re: Installing a Linux OS from a SATA 6 port

2012-07-03 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 02:46:15 +0200, Mark Panen wrote: > I have only managed successfully, touch wood, managed to install Squeeze > with my SATA 6 HDD directly connected to my SATA 6 port on my mobo with > a SATA 6 cable. > > I tried many other of the top 5 distro's and the installation failed at

Re: Installing a Linux OS from a SATA 6 port

2012-07-03 Thread GeraldC
On Tuesday, July 03, 2012 10:46:15 AM Mark Panen wrote: > Hi, > > I have only managed successfully, touch wood, managed to install Squeeze > with my SATA 6 HDD directly connected to my SATA 6 port on my mobo with > a SATA 6 cable. > > I tried many other of the top 5 distro's and the installation

Re: Installing a Linux OS from a SATA 6 port

2012-07-02 Thread Mark Panen
On 03/07/2012 08:19, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 02:46:15AM +0200, Mark Panen wrote: Then I read on Google that you cannot install a Linux OS from SATA 6 port. link? link long lost, but Ubuntu 12.04 amd64 during installation failed six times and once I had an error message

Re: Installing a Linux OS from a SATA 6 port

2012-07-02 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 02:46:15AM +0200, Mark Panen wrote: > > Then I read on Google that you cannot install a Linux OS from SATA 6 port. link? -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing

Installing a Linux OS from a SATA 6 port

2012-07-02 Thread Mark Panen
Hi, I have only managed successfully, touch wood, managed to install Squeeze with my SATA 6 HDD directly connected to my SATA 6 port on my mobo with a SATA 6 cable. I tried many other of the top 5 distro's and the installation failed at one stage or the other or completed and then crashed.