No hard drives have been found...while installing Redhat Linux 9.0 (Disk Driver is needed)
Hi friends !
I am installing RedHat Linux 9.0 in my Computer for the first time. Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP 2 is already installed on this PC. I will not made it dual boot.
In the first screen of installation, the installation process detects no hard disk drive attached. It states that "No hard drives have been found. You probably need to manually choose device drives for the installation to succeed. Would you like to select drivers now ?
And it gives the options for YES and NO.
When I press YES, it provides a dialog box stating that "The following devices have been found on your system.
And it gives the options for Done and Add Devices.
When I press Add Devices, it lists some devices but I don't find the device name for my hard disk : MAXTOR STM380211AS
And it states that if the device is not in the list and you have the device driver, Press F2 to add the device driver.
I don't have any device driver for my MAXTOR STM380211AS HDD. I don't have any CD accept the motherboard CD that came with the computer.
Now, my question is how can I find out the device driver for my Hard Disk MAXTOR STM380211AS ? Can I find it in the currently running operating system files ? and If I get it, Which files do I need to place in floppy disk so that Linux Installation will detect them from dev\fdd ?
Please note that HDD is connected and it is detected by the Window XP Operating System.
Please help me in this regard.
Hemant
I am installing RedHat Linux 9.0 in my Computer for the first time. Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP 2 is already installed on this PC. I will not made it dual boot.
In the first screen of installation, the installation process detects no hard disk drive attached. It states that "No hard drives have been found. You probably need to manually choose device drives for the installation to succeed. Would you like to select drivers now ?
And it gives the options for YES and NO.
When I press YES, it provides a dialog box stating that "The following devices have been found on your system.
And it gives the options for Done and Add Devices.
When I press Add Devices, it lists some devices but I don't find the device name for my hard disk : MAXTOR STM380211AS
And it states that if the device is not in the list and you have the device driver, Press F2 to add the device driver.
I don't have any device driver for my MAXTOR STM380211AS HDD. I don't have any CD accept the motherboard CD that came with the computer.
Now, my question is how can I find out the device driver for my Hard Disk MAXTOR STM380211AS ? Can I find it in the currently running operating system files ? and If I get it, Which files do I need to place in floppy disk so that Linux Installation will detect them from dev\fdd ?
Please note that HDD is connected and it is detected by the Window XP Operating System.
Please help me in this regard.
Hemant
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Thanks c661jmb and nedvis !
You both are absolutely right. Sorry for providing the wrong information. I apologize that without checking it, I stated that it is IDE hard disk with white cable. Actually, I was confused with the different PC models at my workplace and even when I was installing RedHat Linux 9.0, I was considering IDE with white signal cable.
After replying to c661jmb, I went to bed and then I recalled and found that I was wrong and soon I opened my account and found another comment for the same issue.
Well&as you suggested to use the most recent Linux OS like CentOS 5.1, Fedora or StarCOM, will you please tell me&
Q: 1 How can I download the installation files from their sites and can I burn the CDs (ISO image files). I know that Redhat Linux 9.0 can be downloaded from internet and may these OS be also downloaded from their respective sites.
Q:2 I am beginner in Linux so can I understand and configure these new recently released OS without previous knowledge of Redhat Linux 8.0 or 9.0 ?
Regards,
Hemant
You both are absolutely right. Sorry for providing the wrong information. I apologize that without checking it, I stated that it is IDE hard disk with white cable. Actually, I was confused with the different PC models at my workplace and even when I was installing RedHat Linux 9.0, I was considering IDE with white signal cable.
After replying to c661jmb, I went to bed and then I recalled and found that I was wrong and soon I opened my account and found another comment for the same issue.
Well&as you suggested to use the most recent Linux OS like CentOS 5.1, Fedora or StarCOM, will you please tell me&
Q: 1 How can I download the installation files from their sites and can I burn the CDs (ISO image files). I know that Redhat Linux 9.0 can be downloaded from internet and may these OS be also downloaded from their respective sites.
Q:2 I am beginner in Linux so can I understand and configure these new recently released OS without previous knowledge of Redhat Linux 8.0 or 9.0 ?
Regards,
Hemant
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Thanks c661jmb, nedvis and abspm24 !
The comments and links provided by you are very useful and I am reading them. I have download accelerator and I am downloading CentOS 5.1.
I am quite happy with this discussion.
I hope the same support in future.
Regards,
Hemant
The comments and links provided by you are very useful and I am reading them. I have download accelerator and I am downloading CentOS 5.1.
I am quite happy with this discussion.
I hope the same support in future.
Regards,
Hemant
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But you see, my hard disk is not SATA. It is connected to IDE Controller with the white signal cable.
And as you suggested to manually configure the hard disk, please see that I am not able to go upto that point. Just after the installation process starts, I receive that message.
But I will check it again and will reply soon. Till now if you can give some stronger suggestion as I asked how to get device driver for my HDD MAXTOR STM380211AS.
Thanks again...
Hemant