<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Disk Detection and Configuration</title> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2"> <link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Mandriva Linux Installation Guide"> <link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Mandriva Linux Installation Guide"> <link rel="prev" href="selectKeyboard.html" title="Configuring your Keyboard"> <link rel="next" href="selectInstallClass.html" title="Installation Class"><style xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" type="text/css"> <!-- body { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px } table { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px } --></style></head> <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> <div class="section" lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 class="title"><a name="setupSCSI"></a>Disk Detection and Configuration </h2> </div> </div> </div> <p><a name="BId-setupSCSI-pa1"></a><span class="application">DrakX</span> will first detect any <a class="indexterm" name="BId-setupSCSI-it1"></a> <acronym class="acronym">IDE</acronym> devices present in your computer. It will also scan for one or more <a class="indexterm" name="BId-setupSCSI-it2"></a> <a class="indexterm" name="BId-setupSCSI-it3"></a> <a class="indexterm" name="BId-setupSCSI-it4"></a> <acronym class="acronym">PCI</acronym> <acronym class="acronym">SCSI</acronym> cards on your system. If a <acronym class="acronym">SCSI</acronym> card is found, <span class="application">DrakX</span> will automatically install the appropriate driver. </p> <p><a name="BId-setupSCSI-pa2"></a>Because hardware detection is not foolproof, <span class="application">DrakX</span> may fail in detecting your hard drives. If so, you'll have to specify your hardware by hand. </p> <p><a name="BId-setupSCSI-pa3"></a>If you had to manually specify your <acronym class="acronym">PCI</acronym> <acronym class="acronym">SCSI</acronym> adapter, <span class="application">DrakX</span> will ask if you want to configure options for it. You should allow <span class="application">DrakX</span> to probe the hardware for the card-specific options which are needed to initialize the adapter. Most of the time, <span class="application">DrakX</span> will get through this step without any issues. </p> <p><a name="BId-setupSCSI-pa4"></a>If <span class="application">DrakX</span> is not able to probe for the options to automatically determine which parameters need to be passed to the hardware, you'll need to manually configure the driver. </p> </div> </body> </html>