SLES 9 won't recognize HD

rdcates · 10-07-2004, 12:42 PM

I am trying to install SLES 9 Gold on a Compaq Presario with 1GB of RAM. The problem is that Yast won't recognize the HD.

The HD is a Samsung 60GB.

The funny thing is I had Debian 3.0 on this machine and it was working fine. But I wanted to standardize on distros with SuSE.

I guess it's true that "if it ain't broke don't fix it."

Any guesses would be appreciated.

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Roger Cates
CCNA. LPIC-I, Linux+
Network Admin
Owensboro Municipal Utilities

trickykid · 10-09-2004, 12:28 PM

Try getting to a console and do a dmesg to see if its detected there. I'm sure its just some quirky setting with Yast or just possibly didn't detect it properly.

rdcates · 10-11-2004, 07:37 AM

On the console the HD is recognized on start up it is just when YaST goes to check it when it is starting up the install it fails to see it.

techie_one · 10-15-2004, 10:37 AM

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Originally posted by rdcates
On the console the HD is recognized on start up it is just when YaST goes to check it when it is starting up the install it fails to see it.

I only get this on any SuSe 9.0,9.1> if the HDD is a scsi or SATA with RAID or IDE with RAID card , it cannot "see" the HDD so I use a small /BOOT on a CF Card (IDE) mounted to the hda once setting up the /boot sector grub "see's" md array just fine and boots quite happily - now if I could just get that darn floppy cable to work on the (IDE)CF card reader _ I think I would be in heaven!