4.5. Disk Detection And Configuration

Note

This step is generally ignored for Recommended mode.

DrakX now detects any IDE device present in your computer. It will also scan for one or more PCI SCSI card(s) on your system. If a SCSI card is found, DrakX will automatically install the appropriate driver.

Because hardware detection does not always detect a piece of hardware, DrakX will ask you to confirm if a PCI SCSI card is present. Click Yes if you know that there is a SCSI card installed in your machine. You will be presented a list of SCSI cards to choose from. Click No if you have no SCSI hardware. If you are unsure, you can check the list of hardware detected in your machine by selecting See hardware info and clicking OK. Examine the list of hardware and then click on the OK button to return to the SCSI interface question.

If you have to manually specify your adapter, DrakX will ask if you want to specify options for it. You should allow DrakX to probe the hardware for the card-specific options which the hardware needs to initialize. This usually works well.

If DrakX is not able to probe for the options which need to be passed, you will need to provide options to the driver manually. Please review the User Guide (chapter 3, in the "Collecting Information on Your Hardware" section) for hints on retrieving the parameters required from hardware documentation, from the manufacturer's web site (if you have Internet access) or from Microsoft Windows (if you used this hardware with Windows on your system).


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