I have a Soyo Dragon Platinum mainboard with 4 IDE channels. Channels 1 and 2 are standard Ultra-133 channels. Channels 3 and 4 are IDE-Raid channels provided by a HIghpoint HPT372 controller, operating as normal IDE channels, not raid.
I have a 100GB drive on Channel 1 as master - known as hda in my existing RedHat linux installations. (also contains the MBR and windows partitions) I have a 6GB drive on Channel 3 as master - known as hde on my existing RedHat linux installations. I have a 4GB drive on Channel 4 as master - known ast hdg ..... While trying to install Mandrake 9.0 beta 1, the installer identifies the 6GB drive as hda, the 4GB as hdc, and the 100GB as hde. When I try to use the 6 and 4 GB drives to install 9.0 beta 1, it cannot revise the drives tables. I believe there is a major misidentification of these drives by 9.0 beta 1. Any ideas? Gerry Tool
