Re: no hard disk drive detected on installation
At 01:57 AM 1/26/04 +0800, you wrote:
>Sometime near Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 11:37:27AM -0600, Frank Fuller wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm new to Debian, and although I've used Red Hat in the past I'm basically
>> a Linux newbie. My problem is I can't install Debian because I get the
>> message "No hard disk drives were detected. You need to load special
>> drivers from a floppy . . . " at the start of installation.
>>
>> I have two hard drives in my computer and I'm going to dual boot with
>> Windows 98. Both hard drives -- a Maxtor and a Western Digital -- are
>> formatted for and work with Windows. My hard drive controller is a Promise
>> Ultra ATA 66.
>>
>> I am eager to try out Debian but have no idea where to start with this
>> problem. Does anyone have any ideas?
>>
>
>Try running the install with the 2.4 series kernel instead...it might
>help :\
>
>To do this, at the screen when the cdrom initialy boots (the boot:
>prompt) type 'bf24' and hit enter. Eg
>
>boot: bf24<ENTER>
>
>it might solve your problem :)
>--
>Cheers,
>rinmak <rinmak@technine.org>
>
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I booted bf24 and it detected the hard drives. I suppose the hard part
begins now.
Thank you for helping.
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