On 03/01/2010 02:13 AM, Iain Davis wrote: > Hi. > > I have a machine whose only hard drive is a SATA 160GB (Western > Digital). The SATA controller is an ITE IT8212 (a raid controller, but > I'm not using that feature). > > The OS on the machine is Windows XP, but I'll be wiping that out and > replacing it with Fedora 12 Core. However, when I boot from the Fedora > 12 DVD and run the installer, I reach the point where you select the > language, U.S. English, click next and it pops up a micro-dialog > saying its searching for disk drives...which it sits on for a long > while. Then the dialog goes away...but it doesn't progress to the next > screen. > > I'm currently assuming that it can't find the SATA drive, but I was > hoping for some help, since I'm not comfortable with how Fedora's > install process works. > > Thanks, > > Iain > Iain I had that problem and found that it was searching for a floppy drive and another drive that had been removed from the system. I went into the bios <del> at start up and made sure the floppy and drives were set to none except for the drive I wanted to install to. Install went very fast after that. Roger -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
