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Quoting Mark Knecht :
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Peder Hedlund  wrote:
>> I got a Lenovo M58 today with an Intel MoBo and the trick there was to

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>> disable AHCI in the SATA settings. After that I had no problem booting and

>> installing with my XP-SP3 CD.

> My understanding about going that way was that WRT Windows, once

> non-AHCI, always non-AHCI. Linux was easy. I built support for

> everything into the kernel and can change BIOS anytime. I'll be

> interested in your experiences as you go forward.

Nah, once you've got XP installed it's usually a matter of installing

the proper SATA/AHCI driver (I think in this case it's called Intel

Matrix Storage Driver), rebooting and resetting BIOS to

Native/AHCI/Whatever.
I've done this a bunch of times. With one chipset it wouldn't play

ball, but then I got a "prepare" driver for another chipset that

allowed me to boot and, when XP asked for the driver, install the

proper one.

Once I get to work on Monday (GMT+1) I'll see if I can dig up which

drivers I used. I think I have it documented.
That said, I guess having working RME-ALSA drivers would be the best solution.
- Peder

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