[Discussion] eCS with Dell XPS 210

[Thomas Clayton]

Dear Ira:

Is there NO "shutting off" the condition withIN the BIOS?
If not, hmmm.

I've learned that they /can/ mess things up so that /only/ a /rich/ corp can make OpSyses for them.

Tom C

--- On Sat, 12/20/08, Ira N. Saxe <isaxe at verizon.net> wrote:
From: Ira N. Saxe <isaxe at verizon.net>
Subject: [Discussion] eCS with Dell XPS 210
To: discussion at lists.possi.org
Cc: support at dell.com
Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 2:32 PM


Neither eCS 1.2 or 2.0 RC5 will load from CD on my Dell.  The problem seems to be that the PC's BIOS is configured in AHCI mode, which is not supported by eCS.  The AHCI is required by Vista, not by Wincows XP, which I'm using. But, Dell is unwilling to change it.  I've asked eCS to support AHCI but am not optimistic that they will.

I'm posting this warning so others who plan to use eCS will check for this before buying a new Dell.  Regards, Ira Saxe
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