HOW TO DOWNLOAD A SEAGATE LINUX DRIVER

[vinodkumarvg]

HOW TO DOWNLOAD A DRIVER FOR  SEAGATE ST380817AS HARD DISK FOR INSTALLING  REDHAT ENTERPRISE LINUX  ADVANCED SERVER-1 in the same hard disk(SEAGATE BARRACUDA7200.7  ST380817AS 80GB  hard disk).
          I TRIED MY BEST. ALL MY EFFORTS WERE IN VAIN. PLEASE HELP ME........

[Ricky]

so is it not supported by RHEL .. How do you know ?

BTW.. have you tried installing the distro lately ? if yes then where you get the problem actually ?

[aktiwari4u]

Details provided by vinod
pls help


Dear Ricky
I will explain you in detail about the problem which I faced when I tried to install Redhat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server-1 in my Seagate ST380817AS BARRACUDA 7200.7 80GB Hard disk.
I tried both way of istallation. I will brief you below what I experienced when I tried installation in text mode:


boot:linux text -> is typed
OK SKIP
SKIP
now the message is :
----------
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



** IF ADD DEVICE IS PRESSED THE MESSAGE IS THEN
---------------------------------------------------------
SELECT A DRIVER TO LOAD .If it does not appear and you have a driver disk press F2

Please select the driver below which you wish to load.

3COM 3C590/3C595/3C90X/3CX980....
AMD PCNET32...
AMD8111 BASED 10/100 ETHERNET CONMTROLLER......
ADAPTER AACRRAID......
[]SPECIFY OPTIONAL MODULE ARGUMENTS
OK BACK
....................

*** If NO is pressed then we get the message as :

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.


N.B I have only C drive now. the entire 38000 mb is free. i deleted the
D drive and made it free


HARDWARE DETAILS

1.DISK DRIVERS
ST380817AS
2.DISPLAY ADAPTERS
ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 SERIES
3.PROCESSORS
INTEL(R)PENTIUM(R)4 CPU 3.00GHz
INTEL(R)PENTIUM(R)4 CPU 3.00GHz
4.ACPI Multiprocessor PC
5.D10 GCC INTEL MOTHERBOARD
5.512MB RAM

Ricky, I learned from the net that linux need a driver for its installation in Seagate SATA Hard disk.So many people has arised the same question. Ricky Please assist me to download the driver and help me to install linux. Expecting your great help

[zassefa]

Details provided by vinod
pls help


Dear Ricky
I will explain you in detail about the problem which I faced when I tried to install Redhat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server-1 in my Seagate ST380817AS BARRACUDA 7200.7 80GB Hard disk.
I tried both way of istallation. I will brief you below what I experienced when I tried installation in text mode:


boot:linux text -> is typed
OK SKIP
SKIP
now the message is :
----------
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



** IF ADD DEVICE IS PRESSED THE MESSAGE IS THEN
---------------------------------------------------------
SELECT A DRIVER TO LOAD .If it does not appear and you have a driver disk press F2

Please select the driver below which you wish to load.

3COM 3C590/3C595/3C90X/3CX980....
AMD PCNET32...
AMD8111 BASED 10/100 ETHERNET CONMTROLLER......
ADAPTER AACRRAID......
[]SPECIFY OPTIONAL MODULE ARGUMENTS
OK BACK
....................

*** If NO is pressed then we get the message as :

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.


N.B I have only C drive now. the entire 38000 mb is free. i deleted the
D drive and made it free


HARDWARE DETAILS

1.DISK DRIVERS
ST380817AS
2.DISPLAY ADAPTERS
ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 SERIES
3.PROCESSORS
INTEL(R)PENTIUM(R)4 CPU 3.00GHz
INTEL(R)PENTIUM(R)4 CPU 3.00GHz
4.ACPI Multiprocessor PC
5.D10 GCC INTEL MOTHERBOARD
5.512MB RAM

Ricky, I learned from the net that linux need a driver for its installation in Seagate SATA Hard disk.So many people has arised the same question. Ricky Please assist me to download the driver and help me to install linux. Expecting your great help

[gauravbajaj]

Hey

Why dont you consult to your vendor..., It should be deliever by your vendor....

Previously I did this....by changing Settings in BIOS...but its not applicable for al chipsets...

Gaurav