Michael Buchenrieder wrote:

> Felix Miata wrote:

> >Michael Buchenrieder wrote:

> >That's how it was done with W2K, but I assumed it had to be done that
> >way only because the HPT372 was created after W2K was developed.

> No, you'll have to do that with all OSes - that is, load a driver.
> A real HW controller would be completely transparent to all operating
> systems, as the system would then always "see" just a standard drive.

What I meant is that any OS that predates the hardware it is being
installed on normally can't be expected to have a suitable driver
present in an unmodified version of the OS installation media. Supplying
a driver at install time in this circumstance is to be expected
regardless of OS.
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