[geeks] Dell T105 server arrives

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: nate at portents.com
>Date: 2008/04/03 Thu AM 11:20:21 CDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Dell T105 server arrives

>> 64 Bit (AMD64) install of Beta Ubuntu Server (downloaded 3-Apr-08, not
>> sure of build date) does not install - fails at same point/same reason -
>> it can't find the CD-ROM drive.
>
>This sounds a lot like this:
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928253
>
>If you have any way of changing the mode of your SATA controller in the
>BIOS away from AHCI (if it's on AHCI), to something like IDE or if you
>have a PATA emulation option, you should try that.
>
>While AHCI has some nice features like higher speeds, hot-plugging and
>native command queuing, there seem to be issues with it enabled and SATA
>optical drives.

Interesting - my BIOS reports "AHCI" but inside the BIOS the only choices for 
SATA controller mode are "ATA" or off/disabled.

Also, while dinking around in the BIOS, Shannon did you see there is an option 
to enable Serial console? it is turned off by default...

Lionel