It looks like your problem is that your hard drive is plugged into a
controller card and not the motherboard. I'm not sure how to get Linux to
recognise this (though I'm sure there's a way), but perhaps you could plug
the HDD into the motherboard slot and try that, at least until you get the
card going.
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 20:43, nicole davies wrote:
> I am very much a beginner, having just purchase the
> linux pocket book 3rd edition.
>
> I am trying to load Mandrake 7.2 but it doesn't seem
> to be able to identify my hard disk. The booklet
> mentions Mandrake can partition the HD during
> installation. When booting the mandrake CD I get the
> response 'hda: no response (reseting drive)'. It then
> goes through the installation but fails when it
> reaches the partitioning stage.
>
> I have an ASUS A7V motherboard with an AMD 700 CPU and
> a 30 Gig IBM-DLTA-307030 hard disk using WinME Promise
> Ultra100 (tm)IDE controller (PDC20265).
>
> Can anyone give me some directions ?
>
>
> Cheers Paul
>
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