Very Computer

by **Gautam Seth** » Sat, 26 May 2001 00:35:24

i just installed a PCI controller card (ATA100) made by maxtor and
plugged the hard drives (i have 2) into it. then i tried a fresh install
of mandrake 7.1, but the installation process dies when it looks for the
hard drive. can someone suggest a workaround please?

best,
gautam.

by **Justin Mah** » Sat, 26 May 2001 01:25:37

plug an old 250meg hard drive to the original onboard controller and make
the /boot partition on it?

Quote:> i just installed a PCI controller card (ATA100) made by maxtor and
> plugged the hard drives (i have 2) into it. then i tried a fresh install
> of mandrake 7.1, but the installation process dies when it looks for the
> hard drive. can someone suggest a workaround please?

> best,
> gautam.

by **Marcu** » Sat, 26 May 2001 10:03:33

> i just installed a PCI controller card (ATA100) made by maxtor and
> plugged the hard drives (i have 2) into it. then i tried a fresh install
> of mandrake 7.1, but the installation process dies when it looks for the
> hard drive. can someone suggest a workaround please?

> best,
> gautam.

What is the make of that card exactly? I ask because Mandrake 7.1 is
a bit old (they're up to 8.0 now) and I bet that your card is not supported
in that version of Manrdrake. Alternately, the kernel may not be built with
support for booting from add-on cards (though this would be surprising).
Fixing this may involve a kernel upgrade.

Marcus