[PLUG] Can't see second hard drive for Linux Mint install

Neal nsedell at gmail.com
Sun Jan 24 00:59:28 UTC 2010


On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 10:37 AM, David Kaplan <davek52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been trying to install Linux Mint 8 on a friends Dell Dimension 8400
> desktop. It has a 250gb hdd. as sata 0 and the new 320gb hdd is set at sata
> 1. The BIOS sees both hdds but the Mint installer only sees the first 250gb
> hdd. Someone told me to turn off the raid setting but there is not way to
> turn it off in the BIOS. The Mint Forum told me to run on the live CD:

Troubleshooting 101: What happens when you swap the drives/cables so
the 320GB drive is 0 and the 250GB drive is 1?

NealS



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