ok can someone help me

ok , i really want to install a linux redhat on my computer . i have taken a linux class , but the problems im experiencing were never covered in this class , and im totally lost . I try to setup linux on comp and i just get errors that none of my harddrives can be found , i believe it has something to do with the my sil 0680 ata card , but could be wrong . Any suggestions , ive looked all over the web for advice , but figured i would be able to get the best advice here

below are my computer specs:

1666 megahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Board: MSI MS-6380E 1.0
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T 04/02/01
Drives Memory Modules c,d
260.05 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
221.79 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HIGH SPEED CD ROM [CD-ROM drive]
LITE-ON LTR-48125W [CD-ROM drive]
LITEON DVD-ROM LTD-165H [CD-ROM drive]

WDC WD1800BB-00DAA0 [Hard drive] (137.44 GB) -- drive 0
WDC WD800JB-00CRA1 [Hard drive] (80.03 GB) -- drive 1 256 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot '0' is Empty
Slot '1' is Empty
Slot '2' has 256 MB
Local Drive Volumes

c: (on drive 1) 80.02 GB 64.86 GB free
x: (on drive 0) 180.04 GB 156.93 GB free

VIA Bus Master IDE Controller

NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 [Display adapter]

Silicon Image SiI 0680 ATA/133 Controller

VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
VIA USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller
Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller
Standard Game Port
Compaq Data Fax Modem
3Com EtherLink 10/100 PCI TX NIC (3C905B-TX)
WAN Miniport (ATW)
Network Card MAC Address: 00:50:04:41:CD:49
Network IP Address: 192.168.100.18
Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Logitech USB Wheel Mouse

 

 

 

 

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