On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 18:51 -0500, William Warren wrote: > Where does it hang at? > > Don Levey wrote: > > Yes, I know someone last week asked a similar question (Problem with ASUS > > P5VD2-X X SATA II) but the only answer I saw on that thread was the > > equivalent of "I've heard it's bad so I won't do it." Unfortunately, that > > doesn't help me much. > > Before the graphical installation routine, it tells me that it can't find a hard drive and gives me the opportunity to choose an interface manually. I either choose the one given (VT86c100A Rhine-II PCI (via-rhine)) or the only other VIA option from the list (I don't have the machine in front of me now, so I don't know specifically). Either way, it goes into the graphical install, I choose languages and type of installation, and that I want to manually partition the drives. I'm then told that there are no hard drives, and it kicks me out of the install. >From what little I can find via the web, it looks like no-one can get this to work and I may need to buy a separate SATA controller (or two new hard drives for PATA). -Don