On 2005-11-01, Neil Woods <cnw+usenet@pobox.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Christopher W Aiken writes:
>
>> I tried to set up a dual boot WinXP / Linux system with Redhat WS 3.0
>> and the install failed due to Redhat unable to detect any HD to
>> install on.
>
>> I then tried SuSE Prof 9.3 and this install worked OK. The HD was
>> detected w/o any problems.
>
>> I would like to purchase/install Debian (I used several years ago and
>> really liked better than RH or SuSE) but would like to know if Debian
>> will fail trying to detect my HD like Redhat did. I don't understand
>> why RH couldn't detect my HD. My system is only six months old.
>
>> All I know about the HD is "ST3160023AS" from the WinXP hardware
>> profile. My system is a Dell 8400 Pentium 4 Processor 560 with HT.
>
> The disk is a Seagate Barracuda 160GB drive. I have the equivalent
> 120GB drive on my Debian system. I have no idea why RH failed to detect
> this drive, however if you are concerned then I would recommend you
> download the Debian Netinst installation CD. If this detects the drive
> OK, then there is every chance a full Debian installation will, too.
>
> You can download the Netinst CD from:
>
><URL:http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/>
>

Will do. Thanks Neil.
BTW... I bought a magazine at Borders that contained the latest 4 CD
set of Fedora. Fedora also did not / could not detect my drive
either.

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