On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Neal <nsed...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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: > > Troubleshooting 101: What happens when you swap the drives/cables so > the 320GB drive is 0 and the 250GB drive is 1? > > NealS >
I will try switching the cables and see if the 320gb is detected. If the 320gb is not detected in the sata 0 postion, maybe its a bad drive? I plan to go back and try tomorrow. Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > 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
