Installation stops at pci hardware probing
 

Hi

Give me the exact error, I have seen this on a HP and a Compaq machine, will have to go through my notes to see how I bypassed it.

Cheers

thanks
 

Hi,
Now i have passed that by typing linux acpi=off. now it is asking to insert driver CD.can u help me to download drivers to install linux in SATA harddisk.can you send me the reply to my id? viju.ky@gmail.com


thanks in advance

Hi,

I'm also having the same problem. I'm unable to install FC3 on SATA HDD. It's showing the message the HDD not found on the system. Can anybody help with drivers for SATA HDD.

Thanks.

Regards,
Ashwin Malunjkar
ashwin_think@yahoo.com

Hi

The reason it cant find the SATA drive is in the BIOS, the interface for the drive needs to be set to IDE, if this fails you can boot using the following

1. if it stops at detecting PCI use = "kernel" pci=nommconf

2. also try to disable ACPI in the BIOS.

The drivers for the SATA should be easily downloaded from Wester Digital or from the Motherboard website

http://www.intel.com/products/mother...33FB/tools.htm

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1. if it stops at detecting PCI use = "kernel" pci=nommconf

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I'm not able find this tag in BIOS conf. I've disabled the ACPI in BIOS level but still no luck. My motherboard is Mercury PI945GCM, so which drivers should be supported for this SATA HDD ?

BTW, Thanks for your quick response. :)


Ashwin.

Hi Ashwin

I suppose you would have to do some searching using google, or contact the manufacturers...??

Not to do all the work, so you can have some fun too..go to

http://www.mercury-pc.com/downloads.php

and start here, I see its their support page.

Shawn