Gary Nunn wrote: > >> I've just installed a new HD in my new computer. The first >> time I booted, the computer didn't, because it seemed that >> there were no HDs. Then I reopened it [a dangerous >> experience, because now I can't close it] and removed one >> jumper. Now it boots and it seems to run like before, but it >> recognizes no new hardware. >> What idiocy am I doing? > > Depending on the age and brand of motherboard, and depending on which > direction the wind is blowing, you may have to go into bios at boot up and > tell bios to autodetect the drive. If you are not sure, you can probably > get into bios by pressing the "delete" key or "F2" at the very beginning of > the boot process. There should be instructions on your screen (probably > very briefly - like 1 or 2 seconds) and which key to press to enter bios. > I did that, without success :-/
> Once in bios, there should be a choice something like "Autodetect IDE > Devices" or "IDE Setup" or something like that. I typically set the > different drives to "Autodetect". > Yep. But no new HD > Not sure how experienced you are with computers, so I apologize if I told > you something that you were already aware of :-) > Since I am probably doing something _very_ stupid, any help is apreciated. After some hours fighting with Windows, I could format the new HD. But Linux still doesn't see it. And it seems that I broke the soundcard, because the computer is silent :-/ Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
