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[vinodkumarvg]

Dear Ricky
                            I will explain you in detail about the problem which I faced when I tried to install Redhat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server-1 in my Seagate ST380817AS BARRACUDA 7200.7  80GB Hard disk.
               I tried both way of istallation. I will brief you below what I experienced when I tried installation in text mode:
       

boot:linux text              ->  is typed
                      OK  SKIP
SKIP
now the message is :
----------
  No hard drives have been found
and you probably needs to manually choose
device drivers for the installation to
succeed.would you like to select drivers now
***                 YES  NO
if YES the message is
--------------
the following drives have been found
ethernet 8139..
**               DONE  ADD DEVICE

        IF done is pressed we can go till DiskDruid
if I PRESS  disk druid or auto partion another message comes
----------
    No drives found. An error has occured . no valid devices were found
on which to create new file systems. please check your
hardware for the cause of the problem.

if i press OK system is rebooting



**    IF ADD DEVICE IS  PRESSED THE MESSAGE IS THEN
---------------------------------------------------------
SELECT A DRIVER TO LOAD .If it  does not appear and you have a driver disk press F2

Please select the driver below which you wish to load.

3COM 3C590/3C595/3C90X/3CX980....
AMD PCNET32...
AMD8111 BASED 10/100 ETHERNET CONMTROLLER......
ADAPTER AACRRAID......
[]SPECIFY OPTIONAL MODULE ARGUMENTS
                    OK BACK
....................

*** If NO is pressed then we get the message as :

 No drives found. An error has occured . no valid devices were found
on which to create new file systems. please check your
hardware for the cause of the problem.


N.B    I  have only C drive now. the entire 38000 mb is free. i deleted the
 D drive and made it free


                                   HARDWARE DETAILS

1.DISK DRIVERS
   ST380817AS
2.DISPLAY ADAPTERS
   ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 SERIES
3.PROCESSORS
     INTEL(R)PENTIUM(R)4 CPU 3.00GHz
     INTEL(R)PENTIUM(R)4 CPU 3.00GHz
4.ACPI Multiprocessor PC
5.D10 GCC INTEL MOTHERBOARD
5.512MB RAM

         Ricky, I learned from the net that linux need a driver for its installation in Seagate SATA Hard disk.So many people has arised the same question. Ricky   Please assist me to  download the driver and help me to install linux. Expecting your great help

[aktiwari4u]

hi vinod
i will request u to proceed with the old thread so that we could reduse the number of posts and would also be about to reduse confusion . i am moving yur reply to your earlier post for further quries related with the same topic u may use that topic u may post the reply there it self .
thanks for co-operation.

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