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. -- E-mail address: james | Never ask, "Oh, why were things so much better @westexe.demon.co.uk | in the old days?" | It's not an intelligent question. | -- Ecclesiastes 7 v. 10
