Re: no hard disk drives detected ?!?
On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Andreas Janssen wrote:
> Hello
>
> mark@javector.com (<mark@javector.com>) wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to install Debian 3.0r2 on a Dell PowerEdge 1750
> > with a SCSI HDD (IBM/HITACHI 73GB U320). I get the message
> > "No hard disk drives were detected. You either need to
> > load special drivers ..."
>
> Maybe the installation kernel does not have a driver for your SCSI
> controller. Try the 2.4.18 installation kernel. At the boot prompt,
> type "bf24" instead of simply pressing ENTER. Read the instructions
> displayed at the boot prompt to learn more about the various
> installation kernels. If 2.4.18 does not support your controller as
> well, try to get boot floppies with a newer kernel, e.g. from
>
> <http://people.debian.org/~taggart/>
>
> best regards
> Andreas Janssen
>
>
I ran into a similar problem with the 2.2 kernels. Only the bf2.4 kernel
detected my hard drives.
(Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless
Linux Gcomm 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i686 unknown
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