Quoting john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I use SUSE on all my computers. SUSE has installed on all of them with no > problem except for one. On this computer there is a problem with the > motherboard and which hard disk decides to boot up first. > > Go into the BIOS and look to see if you modify which IDE port can be booted.
Yes i can select which drive to boot. Its an award bios BTW > If you can change which IDE port can boot and you have more than one hard > disk > here in may lie the problem. > > As it is a new computer just use one hard disk to start with. Hmm i need the rest in as i have windows 2000,xp on other sata drives. BTW grub is on the ide port. > Check that the hard disk you are using has a primary partition on it and it > is > active. > Check in the BIOS that that it is set to boot up from the Hard disk IDE port > > first. > > Other hard disks can be added after the SUSE is up and running Unfortunately i need the pc working yesterday and so i cant really start from scratch. > This should hopefully sort out the problem. > > Note SUSE 11 is a lot faster than 10.3 so it is worth waiting for the 11. Okay thats good to know. I think i will try different hard drives in the bios and see if suse grub comes up. That will confirm if its on the wrong drive. Thanks Martin N ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
