http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5616
Product: drakxtools-newt Component: drakxtools-newt Summary: Installation of Mandrake 9.2RC2 on a Western Digital drive fails Product: drakxtools-newt Version: 9.2-10mdk Platform: PC OS/Version: All Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: critical Priority: P2 Component: drakxtools-newt AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The installation of Mandrake (9.1 and 9.2RC1 and RC2) fails with this error An error occured An error occured - no valid devices were found on which to create new filesystems. Please check your hardware for the cause of this problem. My Harddrive is Western Digital (WD400AB) Ctrl-Alt-Backspace switch me to the console which says: Entering step `Hardware drive detection' I also tried the text install but exactly the same problem. Ctrl+F3 shows the same error with little more details: *test_for_bad_drives (/dev/hda) *warning: read error: can't open read (Input/output error) at "/usr/bin/perl-install/partition_table/raw.pm line 177 " It seems as if there is a code written in raw.pm to handle errors with Western Digital drives. I met across this problems in two systems now. Both of these systems have Windows and RedHat installed perfectly. -- Configure bugmail: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.