My new mobo doesn't have a floppy controller and XP doesn't recognize my SATA drive during the installation. How the fsck can I install on this bastard?

Also tips on dual booting with a linux distro would be helpful. I am using a broadcom wireless NIC so support for that would be nice. Or a guide on using ndiswrapper to install the driver. This is difficult for me because the only internet access I have is through my phone until I get this box fixed. Help!

8/27/2008 11:32:30 PM

you're going to need someone's help then

go to http://www.nliteos.com/ and make a slipstreamed version of xp with the drivers you need

8/27/2008 11:37:24 PM

Man I was totally hoping TinyXP would have the sata drivers but it doesn't seem to have the ones I need. They are allegedly on my MB cd.

Is there some way to put them on a usb drive and add them in when I press F3 during installation?

8/27/2008 11:49:54 PM

xp black has them

[Edited on August 27, 2008 at 11:52 PM. Reason : .]

8/27/2008 11:52:39 PM

Got a link?

TinyXP rev 09 claims to and I saw some sata drivers load but maybe they weren't the right ones cause it still failed to recognize my drive?

Could it be something else?

I was able to mount the drive no problem in PClinux running on the livecd

8/28/2008 12:18:19 AM

http://www.fullandfree.info/software/microsoft-windows-xp-sp2-black-edition/

8/28/2008 12:19:18 AM

is the BIOS seeing the drive?

8/28/2008 10:02:52 AM

i had a similar problem a few years ago when I built my computer, I think I had to change some settings in the BIOS to get it to work.

8/28/2008 10:16:09 AM

The BIOS doesn't seem to see the drive, I think. But how else could I mount it in linux? This computer has been nothing bit trouble.

8/28/2008 11:39:51 AM

there should be a legacy mode or something

look for SATA as IDE or something

8/28/2008 11:43:42 AM

^

8/28/2008 12:03:11 PM

Quote :

"http://www.fullandfree.info/software/microsoft-windows-xp-sp2-black-edition/"

have you used this XP black edition? looks cool but also like a great way to get shittons of spyware, backdoors and crap pre-installed

8/28/2008 12:06:22 PM

So what is ACHPI or whatever?

8/28/2008 12:26:43 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Host_Controller_Interface

[Edited on August 28, 2008 at 12:38 PM. Reason : ,]

8/28/2008 12:37:26 PM

W00t

Switching the bios setting did it.

Thanks you!

Anyone have advice on configuring a dual boot? Probably with 64 bit kubuntu.

8/28/2008 12:55:54 PM

Quote :

"have you used this XP black edition? looks cool but also like a great way to get shittons of spyware, backdoors and crap pre-installed"

yeah - i have used it before

you have to get it from a legit source though - lots of people put up fake torrents for xp black edition with all their spyware preinstalled

8/28/2008 2:51:51 PM

http://www.winaddons.com/royal-noir-146/ (royale noir theme)
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=75078 (zune theme)

change your background, then add a bunch of pirated apps = black xp

8/28/2008 3:02:43 PM

pretty much - but it has a lot of driver packs slipstreamed in so it helps in some cases

there is a xp black lite that i used to use - no pirated stuff, just firefox, thunderbird, etc. (essentials) and all the rest of the driver packs and things you need to have a system up and running as soon as the OS is installed

8/28/2008 3:22:03 PM

http://www.driverpacks.net/

i never looked back

8/29/2008 1:01:55 AM

what's that? site's not loading

8/29/2008 1:50:48 AM