Also...
If your HD is connected to an Ultra33 or Ultra66 IDE controller, you will
need to use a little magic to enable Linux to see the drive attached to this
controller.
Checkout the following URL if this applies to you:
http://users.nf/linux/addenda6.htm
HTH,
Matt
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] IDE harddrive detection in 7.0 fails
>Date: 4 Feb 2000 08:34:15 +0200
>
>Hi
>(1)Linux often has problems with partition sizes greater
>than 8 gigabytes. It is also fussy about where the LILO is
>placed (the 1024 cylinders thing).
>(2) Mandrake Software has admitted that DiskDrake does not
>yet work as it should.
>
>To solve a similar problem I used Partition Magic 4.01,
>which allowed me to graphically, non-destructively, shrink
>Windows partitions and create Linux native partitions in the
>resulting free space. This is a commercial product and
>there may be free alternatives available but I have no
>personal experience of them.
>Regards,
>Ron
>
>
>Quoting Jared Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > I just tried installing Mandrake 7.0 for the first time
>last night. I
> > have one 27GB partioned all in one FAT32 for 98. The new
>graphical setup
> > worked very nicely until it said it couldn't find any
>valid devices to
> > create filesystems on. Any help is greatly appreciated.
>Many thanks in
> > advance!
> >
> > Jared
> >
> >
> >
>
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