Slax method problem

[donald2002]

OK.
Connectied hitachi 47d to SATA connector of Asrock 939Dual.
Booted into SLAX
Loaded of text, modeb successful then says sta:spinning up.
loads of dots then says errror
Load more text and Sta:spinning up again.
goes to Login: screen
I reboot
drive goes in and out on its own assume in modeb.
Boot into Vista and says installling hitachi then bombs out with driver error.
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heeeeeelllllppp!!!!

 

[lang]

I don't think any of the programs and procedures have been updated and tested with Vista yet, it's better to use an XP machine. Vista is very picky about what drivers it will allow to load as part of it's "enhanced security".

 

[donald2002]

the 'sta:spinning up..........' is that normal ????

 

[lang]

Yep, hit eject on the Hitachi drive when that message appears and Slax will continue loading.

 

[donald2002]

Yep, hit eject on the Hitachi drive when that message appears and Slax will continue loading.

Thats what I did and you are correct it does continue to boot.

So do you think Vista is the problem??

If so I will install XP Sp2 on a spare partition as a dual boot.