no disk message

[sadahmed]

please i need help to install redhat 9 i am beginer in using linux  and when i try to install it i get this message
   
No hard drives have been found
and you probably needs to manually choose
device drivers for the installation to
succeed.would you like to select drivers now
***                 YES  NO
if YES the message is
--------------
the following drives have been found
ethernet 8139..
**               DONE  ADD DEVICE

        IF done is pressed we can go till DiskDruid
if I PRESS  disk druid or auto partion another message comes
----------
    No drives found. An error has occured . no valid devices were found
on which to create new file systems. please check your
hardware for the cause of the problem.

if i press OK system is rebooting

(my disk is seagate st 380815as )

think you

[Ricky]

It is because ST380815AS is a SATA II hard drive and Redhat 9 do not support SATA hard drives. You should try some newer version like Cent OS 5.x or something.

[Puja]

Hi,

Please can you send your system configuration it will be easy for me to help you in installation procedure.
Eg:HD capacity
Type of HD
Processor used
RAM capacity

Also I would suggest you go for RedHat Linux (RHEL) 5.1 version if you are a beginner.

With Regards,
Puja

[aktiwari4u]

mind you puja that is not free . any ways but redhat 5 supports sata and seget both i have tested it without any problem.does your graphical installation interface starts normally or not

[Puja]

Hi,

I know RHEL 5 version is not a free s/w.I am able to install it graphically without any issues.

[aktiwari4u]

sorry my next question was to sadahmed........
i suppose it wont be good to suggest him to purchase some thing just for test............
so batter to go with freeware