Re: [newbie] Need help installing SATA drive!!!(Please help)
On Sat, 2004-03-06 at 02:46, DC A wrote: > Yes I tried 10 but it's taking a long time to load. I donno why thorugh. (I > tried to auto allocate 20GB for linux and it's taking more than an hour and > still it's formatting) So I donno whether I'll be able to linux on this > system. Is there any other linux that support single SATA or any other > alternative? > > Thanks for reply. > --AR > I'm using Mandrake 9.2 on a SATA drive, but I've never tried booting from it. I also have a small drive that I have as a boot drive, and from windows. I've just downloaded Mandrake 10 and was impressed with the speed it did download - after I'd changed the upload rate. 2 GB in about 22 hours. Finally, you'll probably get more responses if you don't upset everyone - people here tend to get upset if you ignore the long-standing convention by top-posting. Paul M Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Need help installing SATA drive!!!(Please help)
On Friday 05 March 2004 11:44 am, DC A wrote: > Hi! It's me again. I've got a problem and I'm really desperate. I've MSI > K6T mobo with athlon 64 3400+ processor. I've installed Maxtor's Diamond > plus 9 hard drive on WinXP. When I checked in Computer properties it says > WinXp Promise SATA 378 IDE controller. And the hard drive works fine on > WinXp. I even created three NTFS partition with no linux partition. Now > when I try to install Mandrake 9.2 it recognizes my controller as Promise > technology PDC20376 Fast TRak 378 controller and then it asks me whether i > wanna use another device as it won't install on it. So when I choose > another device by choosing the same controller it gives an error. I donno > what to do. Does anyone know what did I do wrong or what am I supposed to > do? > Obviously, 9.2 doesn't support that controller. Have you tried 10.0 yet? -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Need help installing SATA drive!!!(Please help)
Hi! It's me again. I've got a problem and I'm really desperate. I've MSI K6T mobo with athlon 64 3400+ processor. I've installed Maxtor's Diamond plus 9 hard drive on WinXP. When I checked in Computer properties it says WinXp Promise SATA 378 IDE controller. And the hard drive works fine on WinXp. I even created three NTFS partition with no linux partition. Now when I try to install Mandrake 9.2 it recognizes my controller as Promise technology PDC20376 Fast TRak 378 controller and then it asks me whether i wanna use another device as it won't install on it. So when I choose another device by choosing the same controller it gives an error. I donno what to do. Does anyone know what did I do wrong or what am I supposed to do? Please help. ---AR NOte: I've posted message couple of times. Sorry about that _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
