[CS-FSLUG] [Linux4christians] Really Odd Computer Behaviour

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Christopher Rose wrote:
> I am hoping that somebody can explain this to me. Yesterday my brother 
> bought an MSI Micro-ATX motherboard. He is using a SATA drive with it. 
> Here is the problem (if you want to call it that). It would not boot the 
> Win2000 install he previously had on the SATA. Furthermore, it would not 
> allow him to reformat the SATA for Win2000 or XP. The only thing he 
> could install was Mandriva (which worked flawlessly). Any ideas on what 
> happened? Could this motherboard be a Linux only board? I can not 
> explain how a change in the motherboard would prevent the installing of 
> windoze. My brother and I would love to hear what everyone thinks of 
> this one.
> 
> Pax,
> Christopher Rose
> Student
> Covenant Bible Seminary

Sounds like wonderfully divine intervention there to me :-)
Seriously though, you probably need a driver for the SATA controller to 
get it recognized under windows.  I wouldn't tell him that though.  Tell 
him it's Linux or nothing :-)

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-Linc Fessenden

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