OK, I'm new to Linux and trying to put it on my computer in a dual boot with a fesh install of Windows ME. I made two partitions in fdisk, one for 38 GB that I put Windows ME on, and a second partition of 2GB for Linux. I also have an 8 GB drive formatted in FAT32 that I use for media files. The big drive is on the Highpoint ATA66 controller built into my Abit BE6-II. The small drive is on the standard UDMA disk controller.
When I tried to boot and install Red Hat Linux 7.0 from the CD, it seemed to only see the small drive. I disconnected it so Linux wouldn't try to hurt my precious media data, but then it just says it can't find a media drive to write info to. Sounds like it isn't seeing my main hard drive at all. Can Red Hat be installed directly onto a hard disk on a ATA66 controller (keep in mind this is a second controller in addition to the UDMA one)? I know my Windows startup disk will try to set the 8GB drive as "C" unless I disconnect it, but when I actually boot Windows, it boots fine from the 40GB drive, and says the big drive is C, and the 8 GB is a higher letter.
Am I just missing something, or am I just out of luck? Any help would be appreciated, and thanks in advance, you're helping to free me from Bill Gates' evil clutches.
When I tried to boot and install Red Hat Linux 7.0 from the CD, it seemed to only see the small drive. I disconnected it so Linux wouldn't try to hurt my precious media data, but then it just says it can't find a media drive to write info to. Sounds like it isn't seeing my main hard drive at all. Can Red Hat be installed directly onto a hard disk on a ATA66 controller (keep in mind this is a second controller in addition to the UDMA one)? I know my Windows startup disk will try to set the 8GB drive as "C" unless I disconnect it, but when I actually boot Windows, it boots fine from the 40GB drive, and says the big drive is C, and the 8 GB is a higher letter.
Am I just missing something, or am I just out of luck? Any help would be appreciated, and thanks in advance, you're helping to free me from Bill Gates' evil clutches.