[Discussion] Loading eCS on a Dell XPS 210

[Thomas Clayton]

Bill,

I don't understand your reply - to J. Vaughn or Ira Saxe.

(Were you suggesting that the SATA drive (HDD, ODD) be replaced with a PATA one?)

Sincerely,

Thomas Clayton



--- On Sun, 1/3/10, Bill Nicholls <billn at fairpoint.net> wrote:

> From: Bill Nicholls <billn at fairpoint.net>
> Subject: Re: [Discussion] Loading eCS on a Dell XPS 210
> To: "POSSI Discussion List" <discussion at lists.possi.org>
> Date: Sunday, January 3, 2010, 7:14 AM
> 
>  
> Older versions of CD/DVD reported as IDE. You should be
> able to find a used one.
> 
> 
> 
> BillN
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> Thomas Clayton wrote:
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>   I've inserted Ira Saxe's (March 21, 2009)
> letter which was buried in the attached text file, below.
> 
> 
> --- On Sat, 1/2/10, jlvaughn2 at gmail.com
> <jlvaughn2 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> From: jlvaughn2 at gmail.com <jlvaughn2 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Discussion] Loading eCS on a Dell XPS 210
> To: discussion at lists.possi.org
> Date: Saturday, January 2, 2010, 6:19 PM
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> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Saturday, March 21, 2009 9:37:21 am
> To: discussion at lists.possi.org
> From: "Ira N. Saxe" <isaxe at verizon.net>
> Subject: [Discussion] Loading eCS on a Dell XPS 210
> 
> I've identified my problem.My Dell's BIOS supports
> ACHI while eCS expects IDE protocol for my CD drive which is
> connected via USB. Any ideas on. how to circumvent this
> problem will be appreciated.
> 
> Regards, Ira Saxe
> 
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