It was a hardware problem! Got it to see the disk and it was okay from there on. thanks much! Paul -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Bill Davidsen Sent: Sun 7/15/2007 8:08 AM To: For users of Fedora Subject: Re: problems with install Timothy Murphy wrote: > Schumacher, Paul wrote: > >> I have an IBM desktop about 3 years old. I put in a new western digital >> 250 gig drive, partioned it to two about equal partitions, installed >> WindowsXP in the first partition "C drive" and formatted the second >> partion to NTSF. >> >> This install say it cannot find any device to install on. > > Seems a very reasonable response. > Where do you expect it to install Linux? > If you read all of his responses, he notes that it can't find the device. Creating free space on a device the installer doesn't see won't help, will it? If it sees the device he can select "custom install" and blow away the NTFS partition, assuming that he wants to do that, of course. If the drive is just not seen, as he said in <72243B95A064954F8300C07E67F8EFDB0450DD5C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, then he has another problem. -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
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