On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 08:12:21AM +0000, Michael Kjorling wrote > (Nvidia NF3 chipset). Two PATA IDE channels on board and in use: on > ide0, the system hard disk and a smaller one [which fails to be > detected, but that is not a big issue], both using Cable Select; on ************ ************ ************ [...deletia...]
> NFORCE3-250: BIOS didn't set cable bits correctly. Enabling workaround. > NFORCE3-250: BIOS didn't set cable bits correctly. Enabling workaround. ************************************ ************************************ ************************************ Do *NOT* use "cable select". Yes, "it works with Windoze", but then so do "Winmodems". Set master/slave properly. You are not the first person to have run into problems with cable select. -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure, and has a lower TCO, than linux. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list