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cant detect HD in DSL

4 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/cant-detect-hd-in-dsl.79884/

romeo_8693
romeo_8693 Original post #1
Feb 7, 2008 at 8:20 PM
i hav a pc wer wen i boot thru DSL it doesnt detect HD.it works well in xp tho.i tried fdisk -l but its not listed.can it be bcos its SATA?wat is the prob and the soln....?
M
Feb 8, 2008 at 3:28 AM
could be probably that it doesn't have sata modules or maybe it doesn't recognise your SATA controller. Which motherboard do you have?
romeo_8693
Feb 8, 2008 at 11:37 AM
Intel MB...so if its not detecting then wats the soln?
praka123
Feb 8, 2008 at 11:43 AM
^does that distro got a 2.4 kernel?better get a 2.6.15+ kernel distro.