Hi friends, today I tried to install SuSE Linux CD (from For Dummies Edition) onto my empty 8G hard disk but there is a problem - my hard disk was not detectable ! Note: I disconnected the power supply to my 80G disk to avoid any possible complications (I don't know how to tweak the BIOS) My System Config: MOBO Asus P5AB Super 7, K62-350MHz, 128 SDRAM, Primary Master Drive is 80G Seagate, controlled by Silicon Image Sil 0680 ATA/133 Controller Card Primary Master Drive is 8G Seagate, Standard IDE harddisk controller I think the problem has to do with my system BIOS, because everytime POST starts, the screen says that my Primary Master and Primary Slave Drive were not present, only my Secondary Master CDRW drive was present. The system BIOS may say that both my harddisks are non detectable, BUT every thing else work fine, until I try installing SuSE linux. I think the culprit could be the Silicon Image CC. Anyone has any idea:) Thanks STan

It might be the fact that you disconnected that harddrive. try setting the 8GB disk to cable select.

Thanks for the response.. Anyway there is a minor correction Both my 80G and 8G drives are connected to the controller card (PCI) Primary Master is 80G Primary Slave is 8G I could not have disconnected the drive, they work normal. I noticed the cable select option but I dont know what does it do. Will flashing my system BIOS help? Thanks STan

If a drive is set to cable select, it doesn't really matter how you connect the drive. Usually, the drive at the end of the IDE-cable should be set to master, but I've seen other situations as well. setting the drive that you can't detect to cable-select might help you solving the problem. Or if it is set to master or slave and it doesn't work, try setting it to slave (if it was set to master) Johan

That controller card is likely to be the problem. It seems to be relatively new and the version of SuSe that you have is probably too old to have the right drivers for it. Try connecting the hard drives to the motherboards own ide controller, then install SuSe that way. After that you can upgrade the kernel and see if you get the support you need. Alternatively if you don't want to mess about like that, you could just get a new distribution of Linux, it's very cheap to buy, or free to download. I don't think you should flash your bios, it probably won't help.