RE: [newbie] hda: no response (reseting drive)

2000-12-19 Thread Charles A Edwards
PROTECTED]; nicole davies; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] hda: no response (reseting drive) It looks like your problem is that your hard drive is plugged into a controller card and not the motherboard. I'm not sure how to get Linux to recognise this (though I'm sure there's a wa

Re: [newbie] hda: no response (reseting drive)

2000-12-19 Thread Meph Istopheles
Hey Paul, > I am trying to load Mandrake 7.2 but it doesn't seem > to be able to identify my hard disk. The booklet > mentions Mandrake can partition the HD during > installation. When booting the mandrake CD I get the > response 'hda: no response (reseting drive)'. It then > goes through the i

Re: [newbie] hda: no response (reseting drive)

2000-12-19 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
It looks like your problem is that your hard drive is plugged into a controller card and not the motherboard. I'm not sure how to get Linux to recognise this (though I'm sure there's a way), but perhaps you could plug the HDD into the motherboard slot and try that, at least until you get the c

Re: [newbie] hda: no response (reseting drive)

2000-12-19 Thread civileme
On Tuesday 19 December 2000 10:43, you wrote: > I am very much a beginner, having just purchase the > linux pocket book 3rd edition. > > I am trying to load Mandrake 7.2 but it doesn't seem > to be able to identify my hard disk. The booklet > mentions Mandrake can partition the HD during > install