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linux installaion problem??

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faraz_majidkhan Original post #1
Dec 16, 2005 at 6:05 PM
I got a P4 with HT 3.0ghz. 915gav motherboard. sata rive 80gb. When i try to install redhat linux v9 i get the following message no harddisk found .Please help!!!
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vijay_7287 #2
Dec 16, 2005 at 6:48 PM
r u sure tht the HD is connected properly and configured

try with diff linux distro
even i got a prob with FC4

i suggest u will be better served on this in the open source section !!!
desertwind
desertwind #3
Dec 16, 2005 at 9:18 PM
Most probably you'll be using SATA HDD, which unfortunately is not supported by Older versions of linux kernel.

And RH9 is pretty old. I suggest you to use some newer distros like FC4/OpenSuSE/Ubuntu Breezy Badger.
praka123
praka123 #4
Dec 16, 2005 at 9:43 PM
RH9 with 2.4 kernel will not support get distros with kernel 2.6 ...
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faraz_majidkhan #5
Dec 19, 2005 at 5:58 PM
thanks for the replies! I will try other distributions.
Satissh S
Satissh S #6
Dec 19, 2005 at 6:10 PM
it's best to try fedora..
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demoninside #7
Dec 19, 2005 at 6:23 PM
SATA is not supported By RH9

so try some New distro,

nd u r having a good config system, why r u going for old distro.............