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10-10-2005	#1 (permalink)
Bluebones Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2	Need Knoppix to detect my HD... I previously had a defective hard drive. I recently got a replacement. I tried to install Windows XP onto the hard drive, but the disk is scratched. So now I just need Knoppix to detect my new HD. How do I make it do this?

10-10-2005	#2 (permalink)
smolloy Linux Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: CA, but from N.Ireland Posts: 2,408	Knoppix does a load of hardware detection things on bootup, so just make sure the hard drive is properly attached before you start the computer and it should detect all your drives and partitions -- unless the scratch causes some sort of fatal error...... __________________ Registered Linux user #388328 \|\| Registered LFS user #15880 AMD 64 X2 4600+ :: 2X1GB DDR2 800 :: GeForce 9400 GT 512MB :: ASUS M2N32 Deluxe :: 4X250GB SATAII Need instant help? Try us on IRC -- #linuxforums on freenode

10-10-2005	#3 (permalink)
Bluebones Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2	Thhe hard drive is installed correctly, but the scratch is only on the Windows XP CD, not the harddrive. Is there no way I can make Knoppix do a manual search?

10-13-2005	#4 (permalink)
Game master pro Linux User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tasmania, australia Posts: 274	if knoppix detects the harddrive is should appear on the desktop.

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