On 08/04/12 09:41, Gary Roach wrote: > I have an older computer that is still completely serviceable that I am > switching over to Linux from win2k. The system has had a glitch for a > long time in that it fails to boot the first time I try. The reason is > that it can't find the WD600BB, 60 GB hard drive. A second try usually > fixed the problem. It has an Intel D865PERL mother board, a P4 2.4 GHZ > processor and 512 MB DDR 400 ram. I just upgraded the BIOS to the latest > version. > > If the BOIS ATA/IDE Configuration is set to Extended, the bios finds my > CDROM drive but not the hard drive. If the configuration is set to > Legacy the bios finds the hard drive but not my CDROM drive.
Strange. What was the BIOS setting for the hard drive when you installed? > The hard > drive is on IDE -1 as master (or stand alone, makes no difference) and > the CDROM is on IDE-2 as master. That makes sense, and it's how I would configure it. <snipped> > > I've run out of ideas. Anyone else have any? Yes - but lets see how your drive is setup first. Please post the output of:- # parted -l or if you don't have parted installed:- # fdisk -l > > Gary R > > Kind regards -- Iceweasel/Firefox/Chrome/Chromium/Iceape/IE extensions for finding answers to questions about Debian:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f80fe11.8060...@gmail.com