Re: Cannot detect hard disk (hda)
On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 09:27:16AM +0100, Bee Leong Yeap wrote:
> Package: Debian
> Version: 2.2 rev 0
>
> Hi,
> Sorry. I think I may have sent two other emails with no contents. Still
> getting to grips with this hotmail. Anyway, I tried installing
> Linux using
>
> debian: binary_i386_1_nonus.iso
> version 2.2 rev 0 "potato"
>
> on my computer(Architechture i386), which has a Asus A7V motherboard, IBM
> 40GV hard drive connected to the Primary ATA100 channel, Teac CD540E 40x
> CDROM drive connected to the Secondary IDE channel, 128 MB RAM PC133,
> network card: RJ45 10 Mbps Ethernet card and NO SCSI adapters.
>
> After copying the binary files to the CDROM (3 altogether for
> binary_i386_1_nonus.iso, binary_i386_2.iso and binary_i38r_3.iso) I booted
> the computer from the CDROM. It starts fine but later reports :
>
> hda: no response (status=0xa1), resetting drive
>
> and finally it reaches the welcome menu. I can configure the keyboard but
> cannot do anything else since it has not detected my hard disk. How can I
> make it detect my hard disk?
Is your hard disk detected by the BIOS ? If so, check whether the HD is detected by the kernel : open a new terminal (Alt-F2) and do a 'dmesg |more' in the messages, see if your HD appears.
>
> Thanks for your help and time.
>
> Best regards,
> Bee Leong
>
>
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