Comments on: How do I install Linux Suse 9.2 on my laptop when it cannot find the harddrive? http://www.linux.ustka.pl/2010/04/how-do-i-install-linux-suse-9-2-on-my-laptop-when-it-cannot-find-the-harddrive.asp Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:42:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Linux Ubuntu geek http://www.linux.ustka.pl/2010/04/how-do-i-install-linux-suse-9-2-on-my-laptop-when-it-cannot-find-the-harddrive.asp/comment-page-1#comment-20 Linux Ubuntu geek Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:27:56 +0000 http://www.linux.ustka.pl/2010/04/how-do-i-install-linux-suse-9-2-on-my-laptop-when-it-cannot-find-the-harddrive.asp#comment-20 Try installing SUSE 10.3 instead or consider Linux Mint 5.0 LUg. Try installing SUSE 10.3 instead or consider Linux Mint 5.0

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]]> By: jplatt39 http://www.linux.ustka.pl/2010/04/how-do-i-install-linux-suse-9-2-on-my-laptop-when-it-cannot-find-the-harddrive.asp/comment-page-1#comment-19 jplatt39 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:34:41 +0000 http://www.linux.ustka.pl/2010/04/how-do-i-install-linux-suse-9-2-on-my-laptop-when-it-cannot-find-the-harddrive.asp#comment-19 Generally when I come across a problem like that I go to the /dev directory and look for the hd* or sd* (on newer distros) devices. Those are your hard drive partitions. On an X-based install I would do that by pressing Ctl-Alt-F2 and logging in as root, then doing an ls /dev. If I see the drive there I reboot and look at the command line options carefully. If I don't I give up and try another distro. To go with what the above poster said, I have two old Pentium MMX laptops (No I haven't had them since Atlantis sank). One has Slackware 10.1 on it, the other gentoo, which of course is always current. Whatever problems I might have, I have always found surfing the web, for example, with a really outdated distro is worse. For that reason, unless you REALLY have a good reason to install Suse 9.2, I'd give up now and try something else. Generally when I come across a problem like that I go to the /dev directory and look for the hd* or sd* (on newer distros) devices. Those are your hard drive partitions. On an X-based install I would do that by pressing Ctl-Alt-F2 and logging in as root, then doing an ls /dev. If I see the drive there I reboot and look at the command line options carefully. If I don’t I give up and try another distro. To go with what the above poster said, I have two old Pentium MMX laptops (No I haven’t had them since Atlantis sank). One has Slackware 10.1 on it, the other gentoo, which of course is always current. Whatever problems I might have, I have always found surfing the web, for example, with a really outdated distro is worse. For that reason, unless you REALLY have a good reason to install Suse 9.2, I’d give up now and try something else.

]]> By: 16k-zx81 http://www.linux.ustka.pl/2010/04/how-do-i-install-linux-suse-9-2-on-my-laptop-when-it-cannot-find-the-harddrive.asp/comment-page-1#comment-18 16k-zx81 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:04:04 +0000 http://www.linux.ustka.pl/2010/04/how-do-i-install-linux-suse-9-2-on-my-laptop-when-it-cannot-find-the-harddrive.asp#comment-18 any reason you are using such an old version of suse? Unless you have a specific reason you're really not doing yourself any favours by trying to use an out-of-date build. This may well be the solution to the problem... any reason you are using such an old version of suse?

Unless you have a specific reason you’re really not doing yourself any favours by trying to use an out-of-date build.

This may well be the solution to the problem…

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