On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Jim Beckett <beckett....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Matt McKenzie wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Did you try looking under every "nook and cranny" in the BIOS? In some > > cases, options for this kind of thing might not be in a place that is > > necessarily obvious. It could be under some option for the hard drives, > to > > use them in legacy IDE mode, SATA mode, or RAID mode, or something along > > those lines. > > > > Also agree with trying another distro live CD, see if they can see the > 2nd > > drive. > > > > You might also want to try Ultimate Boot CD, and run a hd diagnostic on > the > > 2nd drive. > > > > ---------- > > Matt M. > > LinuxKnight > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 10:37 AM, David Kaplan <dave...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > >> I've been trying to install Linux Mint 8 on a friends Dell Dimension > 8400 > >> desktop. It has a 250gb hdd. as sata 0 and the new 320gb hdd is set at > sata > >> 1. The BIOS sees both hdds but the Mint installer only sees the first > 250gb > >> hdd. Someone told me to turn off the raid setting but there is not way > to > >> turn it off in the BIOS. The Mint Forum told me to run on the live CD: > >> > >> $ sudo apt-get remove dmraid > >> > >> sounded like a good idea, but after running it and logging back in to > the > >> live CD nothing happened. The installer will only see the first 250gb > hdd. > >> > >> Any other ideas? > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PLUG mailing list > >> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8400/en/index.htm > > I just looked at the owners manual pdf file from the above link, and I > think this is what you might need to do: > > Disable RAID-Enabled Mode > 1 Turn on (or restart) your computer. > 2 When the blue DELLTM logo appears, press <F2> immediately. > 3 Enter system setup. > 4 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight Drives, and press <Enter>. > 5 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight Drive Controller, and > press <Enter>. > 6 Use the left- and right-arrow keys to highlight Drive Controller > RAID Autodetect/AHCI, (or possibly RAID Autodetect/ATA), press <Enter>, > and then press <Esc>. > 7 Use the left- and right-arrow keys to highlight Save/Exit, and press > <Enter> to exit system setup and resume the boot process. > > If not the owners manual pdf that I linked should help. > > Good luck! > I have changed these settings and there was no difference. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
