new installation problems

[James Wilkinson]

scott cannon wrote:
> I'm attempting to install Fedora (core 3) on a new-out-of-the-box Dell
> Precision 370 desktop. The Fedora installation won't even recognize the hard
> disk. I suppose this has to do with the new Dell ATA disk controller.  I'm
> not a Linux guru, so be gentle with me. Is there a work-around??
> 
>                 (disk is 74GB with FAT32 fs, controller is 82801 FB/FBM
> Ultra ATA Storage Controller)

I don't have any experience with Dells. But since no-one else has
answered...

You may well be right that the ATA controller is the problem. I
understand there is a BIOS setting that changes how the controller
"looks" to software.

See these links:

http://linux.dell.com/storage.shtml#sata

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=135644 (read some of
the comments)

Hope this helps,

James.

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