Re: no hard disk drive detected on installation
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>
Reply to: