Newbee - Installing Fedora Core 2 HD not recognized

[Edward]

Doug Friend wrote:

> Installing Core 2 on an HP Pavilion 4535 with an IDE HD. The system was 
> running Windows. I went to the store purchased a book with CD's of Core 
> 2 & not the Publisher's Edition the real thing. The install tries Disk 
> Druid and can't recognize the hard drive. Windows does not boot which is 
> fine I do not want a dual boot. I get kicked out to [Boot:]
>  
> Will I need a different hard drive an conroller?
>  
> Thanks Ahead of Time!
> Doug Friend 

Is the controller on board or an add-on card?

SATA or PATA?

Does the BIOS see the drive?

Regards,
Ed.