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Ubuntu 7.10 install. No disk drive detected

I'm attempting to installing Ubunto 7.10 on a Dell Dimension 4400.
After selecting "Install in text mode", the first steps of the installation proceed as expected:

- Choose language
- Choose a country
- Detect keyboard layout
- Scanning CDROM
- Loading additional components
- Detecting network hardware
- Configuring the network with DHCP
- Hostname
- Detecting disks

Then, the installation prompts to select a driver for the disk drive with the following message:

No disk drive was detected. If you know the name of the driver needed
by your disk drive, you can select it from the list.

As reported in bug #80503, I tried installing with the option pci=nommconf. However,
I experience the exact same problem as above.

Please advise
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Apr 23 '10 #1
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drhowarddrfine
7,435 Expert 4TB
This sounds like it's not detecting your hard drive or it's bad. It shouldn't have to ask for drivers.
Apr 23 '10 #2
Dheeraj Joshi
1,123 Expert 1GB
Go to BIOS and check for the whether the disk is detected or not.

Regards
Dheeraj Joshi
Apr 23 '10 #3
Atli
5,058 Expert 4TB
Why don't you try 9.10 instead of 7.10? This may well be a bug they have already fixed, or lack of support for a drive they have since added.
Apr 23 '10 #4
Dheeraj Joshi
1,123 Expert 1GB
@Atli
Yeah, Atli may be right. It may not be supporting type of hard drive you are using. Its a good idea to use a new version and check.

But first please your hard drive is getting detected. Because some times new hard drive is not getting detected by old mother boards

Regards
Dheeraj Joshi
Apr 23 '10 #5

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