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Date:	Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:13:25 PST8
From:	"Harry Motin" <hmotin@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-help@scoug.com" > scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: detecting hard disk

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On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:36:35 PST8, Zdenek Jizba wrote:

>I have DFSEE. I used it to define a boot partition and a partition for
>eCS, but
>the installation of eCS still does not recognize the hard drive.

The reason that ECS does not recognize the hard drive is because you need the latest
Dani drivers. You can use DFSee to get rid of the Windows partition. And you did that. I
uses a different set of software to, compared to ECS, to look and modify hard drives.

However, when you use the ECS 1.2 installation, that installation uses ECS drivers to
recognize the hard drive. I'm betting that the drivers on your installation CD are not
sufficiently new to recognize your SATA controller on your motherboard. I have to get
the latest Dani drivers. And, I believe (I could be wrong on this, but I think it's true), you
have to modify your ECS installation procedure to have it use the new Dani drivers,
instead of the one's in the installation. Look at the FAQ's in your ECS Quickguide (page
9 in my guide). There is a discussion there about ECS not recognizing your
motherboard hard drive disk controller. It talks about copying the latest Dani drivers to
a diskette, which is known as "ECS CD-ROM Boot Update Diskette".

That should do the trick. Again, get the very latest Dani drivers. My ECS Maintenance
Tool says that version 1.7.5 is the latest.

>> 3. Used LVM to partition the SATA drive as LVM aware
>>
>>Same problem with LVM as with DFSEE.

Once again, you will be able to use LVM (on the ECS installation CD) after you: 1.) use
DFSee to get rid of the Windows partition (make it all free space); and 2.) point the ECS
installation to the right Dani drivers on the diskette

>I think that the BIOS does recognizes my SATA drive, but I am not sure.
>I will check that when I try the new PC next time.

Usually, you can access your BIOS by pressing the "Delete" key as the computer
begins its initial power up. It may be a different key on your system. You have to find out.
Once you are in the BIOS, one of the BIOS menu items will tell you, if it sees your SATA
drive.

Good luck.
HCM

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