No Devices Found

[Hong Liu]

Hi, Happy New Year!

 

I tried to install Red Hat Linux 9.1 and FC3 to Dell Dimension 8400 which I
purchased recently.  Both systems show the same error message "No Device
Found".  I understand this is a very common issue in installing Linux.  The
configurations of Dell Dimension 8400 are as follows:

 

Intel Pentium 4 processor 550 (3.4 GHz) w/HT technology and 1MB cache;

Intel 925XExpress Chipset;

1 GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533 MHz;

250 GB Serial ATA hard drive (WDC WD 2500JD-75HBB0, 7200 RPM);

19" M993 Monitor (RADEON X300 display adaptor);

Philips DVD+-RW DVD8631;

Samsung DVD-ROM SD-616E;

3.5" Floppy Drive;

Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Network Controller.

 

I need advice on if this system is supported by FC3.  If no, what are the
major issues?  SATA hard drive or the Chipset? If yes, what are the
solutions?

 

By the way, I used the windows XP home edition to partition the hard drive
into 3 partitions: 170 GB as NTFS which is installed as Windows XP Home
Edition; 30 GB as  FAT32 and 30 GB as FAT32.  I also tried to boot the Linux
in Rescue mode from the CD and used FDISK to look at the partitions.
Unfortunately, the FDISK does not recognize the hard drive.

 

Thanks,

 

Hong

 

 

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