> I was trying to install red hat linux on Seagate SATA HDD. > It has some partitions fro Windows and some is left unallocated. > I was planning to format unallocated part while installation. > But while installing the hard drive was not detected.
Which Linux distribution are you trying to install? Older versions do have problems with SATA drives (e.g. SuSE 9.0 didn't detect my Seagate SATA HDD.) The work around is to switch to 'legacy' mode in BIOS (BIOS->Advanced->Drive Configuration). Then select whichever drives you want from the submenu (max. 4 drives can be active when operating in legacy mode). Switching to legacy mode should solve your problem. [My experience applies to D865GBF motherboard with P4 HT processor]. [Newer distributions, the ones with 2.6.x kernels, don't have such problems] Regards, Kapil -- "The Power to Imagine, is The Power to Create!" -TTux -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
