it saw these drives  a couple of days ago (I could start the installation) but 
now I can't even start it. it gets to the 'Debian GNU/Linux Installation Main 
Menu' page which informs me that '[n]o hard drives were detected.' I tried 
reseating the connectors but that didn't help any. 

Is there a utility that will test out the hard drives to see if they are at 
fault (I see that as unlikely seeing how there are two drives and both 
failed). When I put Mepis in it gets to the GUI and starts running out of 
memory. So I think of darn small linux.

With dsl I get to 'Enter root partition.' Whether I enter /dev/hda1 
or  /dev/hdb1 it complains that, 'No such device or address while trying to 
determine filesize.' Actually, I think it mounts the swap drive since while 
it is loading the drive light is flashing.

So I can't get a linux instalation on it. 

I will try to get to an install fest. Unfortunately, I work most days (even 
SAT and SUN) so finding days off that coincide with installfests will be 
difficult. 
480-615-1310

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