Linux SATA Drivers for Compaq 6710 Laptop

[ultiPOS]

Hi Arnold
Thanks for the information.
I can confirm that the BIOS changes work and that Fedora 9 can be installed on the HP6710b.

I am running it alongside 5 x WinXP partitions using GRUB.

So far I have experienced no issues with either WinXP or Fedora with the BIOS changes even though I had XP running before changing the BIOS setings.

Thanks again for helping to resolve this issue.

Regards
Clive Browne
ultiPOS (Australia)

[Esmeralda]

May 2008. I've just installed Ubuntu 7.10 onto a pre-existing Windows XP Pro system on a one-week-old HP 6710b at work. It seems fine to me. I had used GParted prior to the install to make 60GB of unformatted space from the main Win partition. There is a Linux boot loader which lets me choose Ubuntu or Windows XP.
In the Linux Device Manager, the Hard Drive tree goes:
82801HBM/HEM SATA AHCI Controller
SCSI Device
SCSI Generic Interface
Hitachi HTS54161
Volume (ext3)
Volume (ntfs)
HP_RECOVERY
Volume (swap) Good Luck!

[ultiPOS]

That is good.
I have also installed UBUNTU 7.10 natively and on a Virtual Machine running Windows XP on the 6710b. The installs were flawless. Thanks for the feedback