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Originally posted by FraQture
Yes, I have a serial ATA drive. I didn't know Linspire does not support that. Rather a big flaw for an OS that wants to compete with MS Windows. Thanks for the advice! 
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Actually, no, not a flaw at all.
You see, one of the ways a reliable operating system (like a commercial version of Linux) can compete with an unreliable operating system (like Microsoft Windows) is by using a stable version of the kernel, and a stable version of the GUI - in this case KDE.
I would suggest that a later kernel which supports SATA drives may be included in the next update.
If you check the incremental updates there have been in Mandrake, SuSE and other distros, and the attendant woes there have been, you will see that stability wins out in the long run.
If you look at (for example) Slackware, and also the Sun Java Desktop - both of which are reliable Linux OSs, you will find older versions of the kernel and the GUI.
SJDS uses SuSE version 8.something and a Gnome that is a number of points older than the current bleeding cutting edge.
Look at the horrendous strife Mandrake had with it's 10 and Novel/SuSE with their 9.2
If you have the technical knowledge to fight the OS while playing with betas and just post beta versions of the kernel, that's fine. Linspire's philosophy, like Sun's, is to provide something that is known to work with a particular specification. This is because they target users who either do not have the technical expertise to continually tinker (which is what you do with a hot off the press version), or who don't have the time to waste by doing so.
Did you read the specification before buying? If not, you have nobody to blame but yourself.
Wait for the next update, there will be one, I'm sure
No hard drives on install?
