Re: [PLUG] driver needed for installation?

[Jonathan Schwehm <jmschwehm@yahoo.com>]

Brian,

I just tried to install RH AS 4 on a Dell 745 at work
three weeks ago.  After much searching on Google and
Dell's site for the driver (my problem was the SATA
driver), I ended-up installing RH EL 5.  It's
installer has the correct SATA driver built-in.

I tried the drivers from Dell's website for the 745,
but none worked.  I upgraded the BIOS to the latest
version just in case, but it didn't help.  I didn't
want to turn the switch on the BIOS to enable legacy
access to the drive since I knew RH 5 had the driver,
but I read through many Google searches that worked
for a bunch of people.

If you have support from Dell, try giving them a call.

Jonathan

--- Brent Saner <brent.saner@gmail.com> wrote:

> does knoppix boot at all? my initial guess is a
> video or hw RAID driver
> 
> On 9/4/07, Brian J Spooner <spooner@sas.upenn.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I wonder if someone could help me with this.
> >
> > I am trying to install RHEL4 on a new Dell
> optiplex 745.  (It came with XP
> > installed, but I am booting with the RH
> installation disc and trashing the
> > XP.)  I did not get very far.  It read the first
> installation disk.  I got
> > past the language choice (English), keyboard (US),
> installation method
> > (local CD ROM).  But then I got the following
> message:
> >
> > "No Driver found
> > Unable to find any devices of the type needed for
> this installation type
> > Would you like to manually select driver or use
> driver disk."
> >
> > I have never seen anything like this before in the
> many installations I
> > have
> > done over the years.  what could the driver be
> needed for?  Have
> > there been hardware changes in the past 12 months
> (since I got the RHEL
> > discs I am using) that would cause this?
> >
> > I would be grateful for any ideas.
> >
> > brian
> >
> >
> >
> > Brian Spooner
> >
> >
> >
>
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