Re: scsi Hard drive not found during installation
Thanks Brian and Pedro,
It was indeed a kernel version problem... 2.2 did not have the scsi
support and 2.4 has.... Noww I am successfully able to install
debain... :)
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:17:19 +0100, Pedro Pozuelo <aerislives@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What isos are you using?
>
> If you are trying with the stable version, try booting the
> installation with kernel 2.4.18.
> If it doesn´t work, you can use the new debian installer for sarge:
> http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
>
> Good luck!
>
> On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 20:49:46 -0600, Manudath Gurudatha
> <manudathg@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am a newbie to debian though I have some experience in using Redhat.
> >
> > I am trying to install debian on my old machine that has a Quantum
> > XP39100W SCSI hard drive. The controller is an Adaptec AHA-2940 Ultra
> > W
> >
> > I downloaded the isos and using the cd, i tried to install. But as
> > soon as I get into the installation menu, I cannot see the hard drives
> > at all. I get the error message similar to "No hard drives" whenever I
> > try any menu-option such as "view the partition table" or "format the
> > hard drive" or "mount an exisiitng linux partition" and so on...
> >
> > I have Red hat running on it currently and there's nothing worng in
> > the system since I am easily able to install redhat on it again. The
> > CD also is fine since I was able to install debian on a different
> > machine...
> >
> > I tried giving a few options to the boot such as irq etc., but since I
> > couldnt ifnd anything appropriate for my hardware, I got to the same
> > situation. Can someone please tell me how can I install debian on this
> > machine.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Manudath
> >
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