Robyn Soares wrote:
> Trying to install SL5.0 on new Compaq Presario with 2 hard drives.  Scree
> n
> comes up "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?"  
> 
> Choosing "Select driver" brings up a list but where to find any of these
> because I don't know if they are for the hard drive, the motherboard, PC 
> bus
> etc ?  

I've been there recently with F9beta or thereabouts. I recognise a lot 
of the drivers, many are for network drivers and hardly useful

> 
> I checked the website of my hard drive just installed, for this purpose
> (SL5.0) so I can keep Vista on the original drive too.  But they say no
> drivers are needed for my new hard drive, that it's a controller for the
> motherboard or something else.
> 
> Anyone familiar about where to start?

The chances are good that if Anaconda can't find a useful driver, it 
doesn't have one. Check the vendor's website for a suitable driver for 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0. With any luck, there will be a suitable 
driver disk image for you to download and use.







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