Hi Luis,
Could it be that the hard drive is borderline and Linux
realizes when Windoze doesn't?
Bambi
Luis Seidel wrote:
> Hi, Mandrake experts:
>
> I'm not sure of being an expert myself, although I've installed a number of 7.0
> and 7.1 Mandrakes in different machines, but now I'm stuck.
>
> I've got a PIII (700Mhz, 128MB RAM) with a Soltek SL-65FV+ motherboard and VIA
> chipsets (Apollo Pro 133). The hard disk is a Seagate ST313021A (13GB, wtih
> UDMA66, but configured for UDMA33). The installation process hangs at the point
> of partitioning the disk, and in the console, message is
> hda: nonIDE disk
>
> I hate to say this, but the machine works with W98.
>
> Any clue? Should I investigate more? Should I put the blame on the chipset or
> on the hard disk? I'm at the point of rejecting the machine and ordering a good
> old BX chipset, or a 2GB disk.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Luis Seidel
>
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