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timgrant
October 5th, 2008, 12:57 PM
Where can I download the tweaked version of 8.04 that will work on my 530? I now know theres a problem with IDE and RAID, which I don't understand.......only that if I change it to RAID in the BIOS Vista won't work............AAAAaaagh!
fs3rp4
October 5th, 2008, 01:07 PM
Where can I download the tweaked version of 8.04 that will work on my 530? I now know theres a problem with IDE and RAID, which I don't understand.......only that if I change it to RAID in the BIOS Vista won't work............AAAAaaagh!

Probably here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=762770
timgrant
October 5th, 2008, 05:10 PM
That's great, thanks
gbrainin
October 5th, 2008, 11:02 PM
Careful about using the Dell 8.04 ISO: It is a copy of the reinstall partition, meaning that if you run it, it will repartition and wipe your entire hard drive, replacing it with a factory-install Ubuntu. That's fine if it's what you want, but if you want to keep Vista, you should install off the standard 8.04 image. It won't have the DVD playback stuff, but then again neither does the Dell image.

As for your RAID/IDE issue, if you want to dual boot, you should leave the BIOS in IDE mode, and use the boot switch (all_generic_ide) solution.