Re: doesn't detect IDE hard drive (newbie)

[arbu <arbu cwcom net>]

Ah yes, that was it.  You might want to post this to the list
rather than just to me, though.

        - Kevin Colby
          kevinc grainsystems com


arbu cwcom net wrote:
>
> Not really true, have 6.2 on a machine with an on board AIC-7880 and 2x
IDE,
> what I did do is remove the SCSI drives, the install finds the SCSI host
adapter,
> but ignores it as there are no drives present for it to install to. Then
defaults
> to the IDE.
>
> It is important during the install for this to work for you not to specify
any
> additional drives that are SCSI.
>
> Kudzu will pick up the SCSI host after install, if it did not find it
during
> the installation process.
>
> yours alan



Kevin Colby wrote:

> I seem to vaguely recall some discussion that mentioned
> IDE drives not being detected if SCSI drives were present.
> I would try temporarily disabling the SCSI (since you aren't
> using it for Linux, anyway) and finishing the install.
>
>         - Kevin Colby
>           kevinc grainsystems com
>
> > Chris S wrote:
> >
> > i am trying to install linux RH using O'Reilly's book, 'Learning Linux
> > Red Hat', but when i go to install it only my SCSI drive (which is full)
> > is detected.
> > here's what i've got:
> >
> > P200 MMX
> > 20 Gig DiamondMax IDE Hard Drive (not being detected)
> > 2 Gig Seagate Medalist Pro SCSI drive
> >
> > thank you in advance for any help on this
>
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