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Solved, just set from BIOS the hard disk's DMA mode to "SWDMA" (single word dma) I wonder why...

Anyway TL;DR If I set the SATA controller to compatible mode (ide emulation), the controller still sees an attached hard drive but cannot access it. It can only access the CD drive.

DOS 6.22 I like to experiment and saw that someone have developed drivers for x58 for Windows 98, so I am using the boot floppy to install it (which boots a version of DOS) Then in the wreckage I had a natively supported 3com etherlink PCI and an ATI X800 which is a pci express card compatible...

TL;DR If I set the SATA controller to compatible mode (ide emulation), the controller still sees an attached hard drive but cannot access it. It can only access the CD drive. Hello, I am booting MSDOS on this motherboard, via the built-in floppy controller. The manual recommends setting the...