At 01:57 AM 1/26/04 +0800, you wrote: >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] >
I booted bf24 and it detected the hard drives. I suppose the hard part begins now. Thank you for helping. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
