hey scott...
are you sure about the installation of windows drivers, not affecting the installation of linux. aren't there a number of cases where in order to install hardware on linux, you 1st need the windows drivers?
might it be possible that the article/advice the poster was following was with regards to obtaining drivers for the sata controller/drive to be used under linux??
peace
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org]On Behalf Of Scott Silva Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 6:55 AM To: centos@centos.org Subject: [CentOS] Re: Intel SATA controller (cmiiw) not recognized by Centos 5.1 installation?
on 3-18-2008 10:47 PM Yu-Hui Jin spake the following:
I was told to try two methods:
- linxu all-generic-ide
- install ahci and config to use it in BIOS.
#1 is too slow; #2, I checked my BIOS, there's no ahci option. That's why i'm following the article which tells how to install it for XP and get it into BIOS.
Installing a driver in XP will not get anything into your bios, and won't help you install Linux.