Installer prompts for device driver

[Rick Stevens]

On Mon, 2007-09-10 at 19:42 -0700, Tony Robbins wrote:
> Thanks, Rick. Here's the website for the specs:
> http://tinyurl.com/ywpz8q
>  
> I'm attmpting to update the BIOS now, but not sure if that'll help.
> I'll check the settings as well.

Ah, it's an oldie!  Ok.

Well, looking at those specs, the primary things I see are the size of
the HDD (5GB is awfully damned small) and the maximum RAM (160MB is
too small for a GUI-based install).  You may be out of luck for an F7
install on that hardware.  The minimum specs for F7 are:

Text install: 128MB and a 200MHz processor
GUI install:  192MB and a 400MHz processor.

Customized installs can occupy as little as 90MB, 275MB for an
"everything" install, and 9GB for all packages.

For a machine of that vintage and size, I'd recommend you install
something like TinyLinux or one of the others from this list:

	http://www.linuxlinks.com/Distributions/Mini_Distributions/

Sorry about that!

> 
> Rick Stevens <rstevens at internap.com> wrote:
>         On Mon, 2007-09-10 at 15:21 -0700, Tony Robbins wrote:
>         > Hi all,
>         > 
>         > I'm installing Fedora 7 on a Toshiba Tecra 750DVD directly
>         from the
>         > DVD (i.e. not Live). During install it stops with the
>         message:
>         > 
>         > No Driver found
>         > Unable to find any devices of the type
>         > needed for this installation type.
>         > Would you like to manually select your
>         > driver or use a driver disk?
>         > 
>         > I've tried random drivers from the list, but none have
>         worked so far.
>         > Does anyone know where I can get a "driver disk" or the
>         driver to put
>         > on the disk?
>         
>         Uhm, hmmm. There's two possibilities. One is that the
>         installer isn't
>         recognizing your DVD drive properly (probably not likely). The
>         second
>         is that your hard drive is a on a SATA controller it doesn't
>         recognize
>         (more probably).
>         
>         Unfortunately, I can't find that model on Toshiba's website,
>         so I don't
>         know which chipset it uses (probably Intel). The first thing
>         you should
>         do is make sure you have the latest BIOS installed on the
>         laptop. 
>         Second, try setting the SATA controller to "Legacy" mode in
>         the BIOS and
>         retry your installation. I can't guarantee if that'll fix it,
>         but it's
>         worth a try.
>         
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