you've got an A7v? Promise 100 controller? the mandrake 7.2 installer
down't recognize that controller correctly at boot time. You have to
pass the loader a command to get it to work. I can't remember the hack
though ;-( Try looking at http://www.mandrakeforum.com for it. You
could also search the archives for this list.
Abe
Micha³ POZARZYCKI wrote:
>
> Hi everybody!
>
> I've got a problem with Mandrake 7.2 installation. All goes well
> until the programme asks me for existing SCSII driver. Recording
> to the manual of my motherbard (ASUS VIA 761 Chipset) there is a
> driver Promise. There is no such a driver in the list I have to
> choose from. Anyway I try to say
> no SCSII device and then the programme say there is no valid
> device where the file system can be placed, check for hardware
> error. My hard disk is
> Seagate Barracuda IDE 30,8GB, so I assume that thye error is not
> connected
> with possible SCSII device error that I probably do. An
> additional information is that my BIOS doesn't detect hard disk,
> the field Primery Master say None when booting. Also in the Bios
> Setup when I choose autodetect Primery Master the Bios doesn't
> recognize any data (like PIO level or UDMA level). When I set
> Secondary Master autodetect it chooses CD-recorder and gets the
> information on PIO or UDMA.
> Sorry if I haven't included enough information - I'm not to good
> at it. I am very determined to install Linux on my desktop, but
> can't deal with that stuff. If it helps the windows 98 goes
> almost well and it recognizes all my three partitions of the
> drive, which have been made by firm I bought the computer from
> (thay used Partition Magic or some stuff that sounds similiar,
> made three partitions 10GB each, and the partitions are in the
> format compatibile with DOS or smth.)
>
> Appreciate any comment
>
> michal
