Re: [SLE] dvd not detected(SOLVED)

From: Bruce Marshall (bmarsh_at_bmarsh.com)
Date: 06/19/05

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Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 18:39:42 -0400

    On Saturday 18 June 2005 06:21 pm, Kevanf1 wrote:
    > On 18/06/05, Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri@gmail.com> wrote:
    > > * it clown <suse@mailbox.co.za> [06-18-05 11:24]:
    > > > Why do i have to move my hardware around for it to work in
    > > > suse and in windows it worked fine with out moving it
    > > > around? Windows is just a test to see if things are working
    > > > or not.
    > >
    > > again: top posting forgiven, full quote removed.
    > >
    > > Windoz is *not* a test to show proper operation of hardware.
    > >

    >
    > Perfectly reasonable course of action trying it with another known
    > working operating system. SuSE is obviously infinitely better than
    > MS's offerings but when something is not working then it is good to
    > try it in Window$ simply to check that it is not a hardware issue. Of
    > course, he could have just as easily used a live CD/DVD like Knoppix.
    > But, if it didn't work in that would it mean that the hardware was
    > broken or just that it wouldn't work under Linux? Which is why it is
    > good to try it under Window$.

    One thing that hasn't been mentioned is that when you switch your BIOS from
    'legacy' mode to SATA mode, you lose some of your IDE capability. (can't
    have as many drives)

    It wasn't clear from what was posted as to exactly what got changed (and
    where) but this sounds to me like a "problem" with the BIOS which may or may
    not be "the way it works". 

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