> On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, nico de haer wrote: > > Some more info..... > > > > 1) Make sure your system boots using your 1 Gb hdd > > 2) Check what your kernel says about hdd's (dmesg is your friend) > > 3) Once you have found it use (c)fdisk to create partitions, and add > > filesystems using the normal tools > > 4) mount em somewhere > > > > This *should* work for all. One tip to prevent bios crap: > > 1) connect the 1 Gb and CDROM to your mainboard > > 2) power-on and go to bios, do autodetect > > 3) check that the Secondary master and slave are set to NONE > > 4) save settings > > 5) power down > > 6) connect the Big One as Secondary Master > > 7) Power On (DO NOT GO TO BIOS TO TELL IT ABOUT THE BIG ONE) > > This way you leave all the work that needs to be done to your kernel. > > If i try to autodetect my IBM the Abit stops responding......
I tried, but if I connect my IBM, the machine doesn't boot at all... I'll try again today evening to find a solution. Maybe I made some mistake with the bios. I've now got another old harddisk ( 1,2 GB) and I managed to get that working and I might settle on that and let the Big One waiting for another box. -hv