[opensuse] 10.3 question



I have an old P3 box, 256M RAM, CD-R/W, DVD-R and
2 IDE drives, hda is 6GB and hdb is 4GB. Here's the
problem:

If I boot to knoppix 5.1 live, the system sees both hda and hdb.
I can use qtparted on both and change the partition tables,
format, etc. I can mount both drives and access both.

When I try to install opensuse 10.3, it does not see the 6GB
drive at IDE 0, 1 (normally hda). It sees the 4GB drive and says
it is hda, presumably because that is the only drive recognized.

So, why is 10.3 being difficult?

Fred
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