Re: Installation issue - Newbie

[Ramesh Madhavan <ramesh crowdburst com>]

    I verified that the Disk drive I have is indeed a UDMA66 drive.
    So, how can I install Red Hat Linux on a machine with just one
    drive which is UDMA66.

    If I skip the drive during installation, I get an error that there is no
    device to create a file system.

Thanks,
Ramesh

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Jamin Collins wrote:

> Not sure if this is your problem or not, but I do know that the 40GB Maxtor
> drives are UDMA66 drives.  To my knowledge, Linux does not yet fully support
> UDMA66.  Maxtor does have a utility to disable the UDMA66 functions on the
> drive.  Is there any more specific information from the error message that
> you can provide?  What does the installation do if you chose "Skip Disk"?
>
> Jamin W. Collins
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ramesh Madhavan [mailto:ramesh crowdburst com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 11:38 AM
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: Installation issue - Newbie
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> I  posted this question on this list some time ago but didn't get any
> replies. I don't think it is such a rare problem that nobody has seen
> it before. So here is another try.
>
> I am trying to to install Red Hat Linux 6.1 on my Compaq
> Presario PC (model number 7598 and it has a 810E chipset).
> During installation using RedHat 6.1 CD, the installer gives an
> error that it cannot read the partition table. The reason it gives is
> "No such file or directory."  This happens at the point were you are
> supposed to update the partition information. The only options at
> that point is to "Skip disk" or "Retry". If I retry, it comes back
> with an error "Success" and the installer hangs.
>
> I am doing a workstation installation with Gnome also selected.
> I don't have any problem with the disk drive through Window98
> or fdisk after booting up the machine using dos.
>
> The disk is a 40GB Maxtor drive with a Intel 82801AA UATA
> controller. Is the problem because of the RedHat 6.1 installation
> CD not having the proper driver for the disk?  If so, where can I
> get the correct linux driver (Intel site only has a Windows driver).
> Will the 6.2 CD contain the proper driver. Any information is
> much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Ramesh
>
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