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Date:	Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:11:32 PST8
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: detecting hard disk

In <20060423074753-54418-7@scoug.com>, on 04/23/06
at 07:47 AM, "Harry Motin" said:

Harry,

This is generally good advice, but you need to take individual situations
into account.

> 2. Download the latest Dani drivers, version 1.7.5

Denny's experiences show that the v1.7.3 drivers will operate the SATA
controller on his MB. The update diskette is just extra work at this
point.

> 4. Load DFSee from a CD. Use it to eliminate the Windows partition on
>your SATA drive. Make it all free space

If one has dfsee, I recommend using it to install bootmananger and create
the volumes and clean up the disk structures. This maximizes the chances
that LVM will have no problems with the drive.

> C. ECS will not recognize that drive, unless you use the latest Dani
>drivers

This is simply not true. While newer versions of Dani's driver support
more SATA controllers, SATA support has been in the drivers for over two
years.

> D. Even when ECS recognizes the SATA drive, you will not be able to use
>LVM (on the installation CD), unless you first get rid of the Windows
>partition on it and make it all free space.

Again, not true. Dfsee can, without data loss, make the changes needed to
make the partitioning compatible with what LVM requires. Many here and
elsewhere have added eCS to disk without breaking or deleting either the
existing Windows installations or the recovery partitions. It's up to the
individual user to decide what they want to do with the Windows data on
the drive.

Regards,

Steven

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