Jeff Kittle writes:
HiTrying to install Fedora 12 x86_64 and the disk partition tool hung. Had to power down machine. Now when I try to install, it always goesTo the basic text type of install and tells me I have no hard drive defined.I need some answers please
Most likely you had a hard drive on its last legs, and the install attempt tipped it over the edge into brickdom. This is not unusual.
Start the installer, get as far as you can, then flip over to one of the alt terminals: ALT-F1, ALT-F2, ALT-F3, etc… Or, I think the magic keystroke may be CTRL-ALT-Fn rather than ALT-Fn, I don't recall. Anyway, one of them should be a root shell. You can poke around and look for a log file, then look at the logged error messages, for more clues. If you're lucky, one of the other alt screens will still show the kernel whining about the dead hard drive.
That will basically confirm that your hardware is dead. If not, the diagnostic messages would provide additional info why your hardware is not getting detected.
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