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I don't see any options in the bios for SATA enhanced mode. It's possible to enable or disable SATA and there's SATA spread spectrum which is currently disabled.<br />
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My bios is:<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG<br />
would it help to install a linux bios (I seem to recall there's a linux bios. I've never used it before.)
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I don't see any options in the bios for SATA enhanced mode. It's possible to enable or disable SATA and there's SATA spread spectrum which is currently disabled.

My bios is:
    Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
would it help to install a linux bios (I seem to recall there's a linux bios. I've never used it before.)

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Thanks for the help, but I just went and bought a new ATA cdrom.
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Thanks for the help, but I just went and bought a new ATA cdrom.

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I have a system with a SATA CD/DVD drive. I burned the Xandros 301 ISO to CD and then booted with it. For some reason it's able to boot with that drive, but it then says it can't find the Xandros CD or Xandros ISO image. What's up with that? It just booted off that drive, so obviously it's able to read from it. Why does it choke trying to find the ISO image?<br />
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If I want to install linux do I need to buy an ATA CD drive?
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I have a system with a SATA CD/DVD drive. I burned the Xandros 301 ISO to CD and then booted with it. For some reason it's able to boot with that drive, but it then says it can't find the Xandros CD or Xandros ISO image. What's up with that? It just booted off that drive, so obviously it's able to read from it. Why does it choke trying to find the ISO image?

If I want to install linux do I need to buy an ATA CD drive?

linux + SATA CD/DVD drive = no dice?

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