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Hello, I am currently using windows xp on my laptop acer aspire 5315, i was trying to install linux red hat 9.0
 but it gives me a warning that no hard drive(s) was detected yet I have a 80GB HDD. At first i tried using the command:  linux noprobe, still it could not work. I also tried command:linux rescue. Pliz can you advice me on what to .

xpcman · Answer

Red Hat Linux 9  does not support SATA hard drives and was last updated in 2004.  Why not use Ubuntu?

vinom · Answer

Thanks for the reply,I would like someone to advice me on the latest versions of Ubuntu,Fedora, Debian and Suse. I will apreciate. I want to install either of then since red hat does not support Sata hard drives

vinom · Answer

Sorry had forgoten something, what about red hat 10? does it support SATA drives or can we say all versions of red hat do not support SATA drives?

xpcman · Answer

Red hat went commercial and spun off it's free distro to Fedora 10.  You should go to the Fedora site for more info.

SIMSIMO · Answer

Hi,

latest version of fedora is 10 
latest version of mandriva is 2009
latest version of Ubuntu is : 8.10
Latest version of suse is : suse11

i advice you to install ubuntu or mandriva fedora also is a good one ,but me for a beginner i advise mandriva is simple and easy and also looks very good. ubuntu is perfect linux desktop , fedora also 
so you have the choice :  www.ubuntu.com , www.mandriva.com and fedoraprojects.com , you can see some linux beginners howtos at www.zinovskyhowtos.info.

Today tomorw Linux :)

DIL · Answer

In BIOS configure, something like IDE configuration, change the value from "Enhanced" to "Legacy", then a new one comes out below it, choose the value like "IDE0/2, PATA", save and reboot.

Now linux find the drive.

MikeThaJohn · Answer

then you partition the hard-drive correctly. try restarting the machine.

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