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Old 06-05-2007, 06:29 PM   #1
aeiouer
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i cant seem to get dsl to format my hd

is there any way i can fix it?

edit: i usually get fatal disk error:cannot detect disk
 
Old 06-05-2007, 08:06 PM   #2
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The DSL version you are using probably doesn't support you're hard drive controller or chipset. Try a different kernel if you can.
 
Old 06-06-2007, 12:52 AM   #3
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actually i got it to work
i had to start dsl with boot="install"
 
  


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