From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >On Saturday 01 Jan 2005 22:58, Michael Hahn wrote: >> I recently needed to replace the hard drive in my M5305 notebook, and >> decided to install my old copy of Mandrake Linux (8.2) on it. However, when >> I tried to install, it reached Partition Check: hda (my new hard drive, a >> Hitachi HTS424040MSAT00 40 GB) it freezes. It is accessing the HD, but >> nothing happens. Does anyone have any advice, or am I doomed to go back to >> WinXP? > >Is that a SATA drive? If so, I don't think 8.2 would be able to manage it. >Is there a particular reason for your choice of 8.2? It no longer gets >security updates.
No, its a standard ATA-5 notebook drive. And I choose 8.2 because I already had the OS, and I can't really afford to pay for a new OS as well as a new hard drive. ><
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