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David McMahon
December 9th, 2008, 01:59 AM
Hello

Trying to use 8.10 but I just get an error saying ata3.00 failed to set xfermode then

ata4.00 failed to set xfermode

this is using all options

Wubi
Live CD
CD-media test

(mem test works) (and is fine!!)

I think the prob is my Promise Raid SX4-150 Sata raid card with two identical Samsung HD501LJ HDD's installed (configured as Raid 1)

thing is i'm sure 8.04 worked but maybe not (six months is a long time for my memory :)

edit: Okay the read only session from a Wubi install now works despite have multiple ata3.00 & 4 errors

If the problem is an incompatibility with the Promise card is there an easy way of sorting it or should I wait 6 months and try again?

David McMahon
December 9th, 2008, 11:13 PM
Shameless Bump. Ubuntu Live working perfect on my Centrino Laptop just about to restart into installed partition :)