Sometime near Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 11:37:27AM -0600, Frank Fuller wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new to Debian, and although I've used Red Hat in the past I'm basically > a Linux newbie. My problem is I can't install Debian because I get the > message "No hard disk drives were detected. You need to load special > drivers from a floppy . . . " at the start of installation. > > I have two hard drives in my computer and I'm going to dual boot with > Windows 98. Both hard drives -- a Maxtor and a Western Digital -- are > formatted for and work with Windows. My hard drive controller is a Promise > Ultra ATA 66. > > I am eager to try out Debian but have no idea where to start with this > problem. Does anyone have any ideas? >
Try running the install with the 2.4 series kernel instead...it might help :\ To do this, at the screen when the cdrom initialy boots (the boot: prompt) type 'bf24' and hit enter. Eg boot: bf24<ENTER> it might solve your problem :) -- Cheers, rinmak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
