>Hi
>I'm trying to install 7.2 on an AMD Thunderbird with an ASUS A7V mother
board. I have a hard drive where 20 out of 30Gb are used for Windows, which
is working just fine. I have saved the remaining unpartitioned 10Gb for
Linux. When I try to install 7.2 however, I get the following message when I
reach the point in the installation program where I'm supposed to partition
the hard drive and set up the filesystem: "An error has occured - no valid
devices were found on which to create new filesystems. Please check your
hardware for the couse of this problem". And then I can't do anything else
than just exit the install. I've tried to boot directly from the CD, from a
boot disk, I've tried to run text mode install and in expert mode, but
nothing works.
Please send in plain text rather than HTML.
The problem you are having is caused by the fact that the installation does
not recognize
the onboard Promise ATA100 controller and therefore can not see your hds.
Here is what will work on most systems,
At the installation splash screen press F1 and at the boot prompt (it will
be at the bottom of the screen) enter the following:
lspci -vv | less
use the space bar to scroll down until you find your Promise controller.
You will see 5 heximal number strings showing the I/Os for the controller,
write down the first 4 sets (call them a,b,c,and d). Reboot your system.
At the installation splash screen press F1 and at the boot prompt enter:
linux ide2=0x8400, 0x8002 ide3=0x7800, 0x74002
These are from my system you will need to enter yours.
The formula to use is ide2=a, (b+2) ide3=c (d+2).
If there are no other problems the installation should then run.
Charles
Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
