I know, this might be silly, but just to make absolutely sure: Did you set the master/slave jumpers correctly? My box has all the symptoms yours has (lights, won't recognize, a.s.o.) when I forget to set the jumpers... Vitux
Error is human; complete disaster takes a computer > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: shadow [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 20. august 1999 07:33 > Til: Ralph Winslow > Cc: recipient list not shown > Emne: (Debian-user)Re: how to format mySeagate ST33210A > > Your mail header needs to have the list group this is going to in it. > That enables mail filters to route it to a directory (folder). > I use GTKicq and think it is fine. > Rob > On 20-Aug-99 Ralph Winslow wrote: > > Patrick Olson wrote: > >> > >> Jumping in the middle here, so pardon me if I'm way off. Is your > Seagate > >> ST33210A an IDE drive? > > > > Yes > >> > >> On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Ralph Winslow wrote: > >> > >> > > What do you mean by "using the second"? > >> > > >> > I mean the second, Ramdisk, diskette. > >> > >> You mean the disk it asks for after you boot the 'rescue" disk, right? > > > > That's correct > >> > >> > I tried re-running it three times. I'm reluctant to report a bug on > >> > Debian 1.0 > >> > software, though. > >> > >> Debian 1.0? I'm going to assume you mean 2.0, in which case I have the > >> same disks... > > > > No, I labeled them Debian 1.0 when I created them. I might have > > mislabeled > > them, though. > >> > >> > > What does dmesg report? > >> > >> Your dmesg report doesn't mention /dev/hdd or the Seagate drive at all. > I > >> think that is the problem right there. /dev/hdd would be secondary > slave > >> IDE I think. Can anything (maybe the BIOS) find the drive? > > > > No, I see that the dmesg report doesn't see the drive, and the BIOS > > doesn't > > detect it, either. I also notice that the HDD light on my generic > > (Kenitec) > > case stays constantly lit when the new drive is installed. I don't know > > what > > to do about it, though. > >> > >> If you can run without the CD-ROM temporarily, how about setting the > >> Seagate as primary slave in place of the CD-ROM which is now /dev/hdb > > > > I'll give that a try - I seldom use the CD anyway (sounds not working > > either). > >> > >> Again, I'm sorry if I'm way off on this, I just finally saw something I > >> thought I might be able to answer. > > > > Thanks for your response. > > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------- > > Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The IQ of the group is that of the member > > whose IQ is lowest divided by the number > > of members. > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > > /dev/null > > ---------------------------------- > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Free OS http://www.debian.org > Free Privacy http://www.junkbusters.com > ---------------------------------- > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null