Lars NoodC)n <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have the main system on a smaller, pre-existing drive set up with a > recent 4.4 i386 snapshot on a Dell Optiplex gx270. Booting is normal > until I add two SATA drives.
I assume you have already fiddled with BIOS options for boot device order? SATAs are generally quicker at most things than IDEs, and there could be settings (BIOS ones) that automagically change once you plug in the faster drives. Worth checking anyway. -- Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149 implementation team http://bsdly.blogspot.com/ http://www.bsdly.net/ http://www.nuug.no/ "Remember to set the evil bit on all malicious network traffic" delilah spamd[29949]: 85.152.224.147: disconnected after 42673 seconds.