Re: [newbie] newbie-forced to post this in Win95
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Gustavo Viola wrote: > If Ken´s suggestion does not work (I believe it should), check if you´re > using EZ-Bios (software with bios extensions from Western Digital, that > allows old bios to recognize bigger hard drives -- it is NOT > Linux-compatible, only for Win95 or 98 -- [to see if you´re using it, > EZ-Bios shows at boot a message like this: "loading ez-bios extensions"] ). > > I ran into that problem when installing Mandrake over the weekend, and found > no solution to it -- or else, now I use hard drive "drawers" to decide which > OS I am going to use, I love that, it´s cool. :-) > > Gustavo Viola --Hi Gustavo, No EZ-Bios here, although thats an interesting point as I've used it before on some Win32 installs I've done on older machines. We actually have somewhat of a love hate relationship. I'm curious about this Disk Drawers thing however. David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics "In Service to the Recording Industry" *Confirmed Linux Newbie* **The pesimist sees the glass as half empty. The optimist sees it as half full, but to the engineer it's just too big.**
Re: [newbie] newbie-forced to post this in Win95
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, you wrote: > I posted a response to this suggestion last night, which doesn't appear to > have made it through. If you mean that I should make the CD my secondary > slave, I suppose I can try it, but I don't really understand why it would > make a difference. My old CD was secondary master and that was never a > problem before. > > Yes, but did you have a secondary slave in the machine? It is my experience that the CDROM wants to be the last IDEdevice in the system. John
Re: [newbie] newbie-forced to post this in Win95
I posted a response to this suggestion last night, which doesn't appear to have made it through. If you mean that I should make the CD my secondary slave, I suppose I can try it, but I don't really understand why it would make a difference. My old CD was secondary master and that was never a problem before. David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics "In Service to the Recording Industry" **The falcon has heard the falconer** -Original Message- From: Frank Guidara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, September 10, 1999 3:52 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] newbie-forced to post this in Win95 >I dunno if this is gonna help ya or not, But I would put my Hardive as >secondary master not slave > >> -Original Message- >> From: David P. Greenberg [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Friday, 10 September 1999 7:02 >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [newbie] newbie-forced to post this in Win95 >> >> AAARGGGHHH!!! I've successfully set up linux several times in several >> different distros, and actually started using it. I recently added a new >> HD >> and a 40x CD-Rom to my system, and in so doing decided to go for fresh >> installs on both my Win32 and Linux systems. I now have Windows (OS only) >> on >> my 500mb primary master(/hda) and Windows programs on /hdb (6.3 gb quantum >> bigfoot set as primary slave). For my secondary master which would be /hdc >> I >> have the new CD-Rom, and I have a 4.3 gb Western Dig as secondary slave or >> /hdd. For some reason I get one of the following errors when I try to run >> the Mandrake 6 install. >> Can't mount /hdc Invalid argument >> or >> no media in /hdc >> or >> invalid media. >> at one point I did manage to get it to see the cd and start the install, >> but >> when I got to disk druid, It wouldn't see the hard drive. I tried putting >> my >> old CD-Rom drive back in, and now it won't work with that either. Please >> help, as I really want to get my Linux back >> Thanks in advance >> >> >> David P. Greenberg >> Bitco Electronics >> "In Service to the Recording Industry" >> **The falcon has heard the falconer** >
Re: [newbie] newbie-forced to post this in Win95
Hi Steve, Thanks for the response, but I don't think that's the problem. For One thing, during some of the myriad of things I tried, I went into the bios and disabled the two win32 drives, and it still wouldn't work. Anyway, I dont want to have to go through all the muck of moving files and changing partitions and stuff.,...but then again, the drive letters wouldn't change, would they? hmmm. maybe it's worth a try but if someone can figure out something better, please let me know. I'll hold off for now. Anyway thanks again for the advice. David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics "In Service to the Recording Industry" **The falcon has heard the falconer** -Original Message- From: Ken Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, September 09, 1999 8:43 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] newbie-forced to post this in Win95 >I don't know if it will help but maybe try running your third hard drive >as the seconday master and the cd as the secondary slave. That works on >my system here. I have 3 harddrives, 4G, 8G and 11G respectively. >Except for what I need to boot Linux, which resides low on my primary >master, the rest resides in various partions on my primary slave. > >Ken Wilson >First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is >irrelevant >(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') > >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David P. >> Greenberg >> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 4:02 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [newbie] newbie-forced to post this in Win95 >> >> >> AAARGGGHHH!!! I've successfully set up linux several times in several >> different distros, and actually started using it. I recently >> added a new HD >> and a 40x CD-Rom to my system, and in so doing decided to go for fresh >> installs on both my Win32 and Linux systems. I now have >> Windows (OS only) on >> my 500mb primary master(/hda) and Windows programs on /hdb >> (6.3 gb quantum >> bigfoot set as primary slave). For my secondary master which >> would be /hdc I >> have the new CD-Rom, and I have a 4.3 gb Western Dig as >> secondary slave or >> /hdd. For some reason I get one of the following errors when >> I try to run >> the Mandrake 6 install. >> Can't mount /hdc Invalid argument >> or >> no media in /hdc >> or >> invalid media. >> at one point I did manage to get it to see the cd and start >> the install, but >> when I got to disk druid, It wouldn't see the hard drive. I >> tried putting my >> old CD-Rom drive back in, and now it won't work with that >> either. Please >> help, as I really want to get my Linux back >> Thanks in advance >> >> >> David P. Greenberg >> Bitco Electronics >> "In Service to the Recording Industry" >> **The falcon has heard the falconer** >> > >
Re: [newbie] newbie-forced to post this in Win95
If Ken´s suggestion does not work (I believe it should), check if you´re using EZ-Bios (software with bios extensions from Western Digital, that allows old bios to recognize bigger hard drives -- it is NOT Linux-compatible, only for Win95 or 98 -- [to see if you´re using it, EZ-Bios shows at boot a message like this: "loading ez-bios extensions"] ). I ran into that problem when installing Mandrake over the weekend, and found no solution to it -- or else, now I use hard drive "drawers" to decide which OS I am going to use, I love that, it´s cool. :-) Gustavo Viola > I don't know if it will help but maybe try running your third hard drive > as the seconday master and the cd as the secondary slave. That works on > my system here. I have 3 harddrives, 4G, 8G and 11G respectively. > Except for what I need to boot Linux, which resides low on my primary > master, the rest resides in various partions on my primary slave. > > Ken Wilson > First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is > irrelevant > (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David P. > > Greenberg > > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 4:02 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [newbie] newbie-forced to post this in Win95 > > > > > > AAARGGGHHH!!! I've successfully set up linux several times in several > > different distros, and actually started using it. I recently > > added a new HD > > and a 40x CD-Rom to my system, and in so doing decided to go for fresh > > installs on both my Win32 and Linux systems. I now have > > Windows (OS only) on > > my 500mb primary master(/hda) and Windows programs on /hdb > > (6.3 gb quantum > > bigfoot set as primary slave). For my secondary master which > > would be /hdc I > > have the new CD-Rom, and I have a 4.3 gb Western Dig as > > secondary slave or > > /hdd. For some reason I get one of the following errors when > > I try to run > > the Mandrake 6 install. > > Can't mount /hdc Invalid argument > > or > > no media in /hdc > > or > > invalid media. > > at one point I did manage to get it to see the cd and start > > the install, but > > when I got to disk druid, It wouldn't see the hard drive. I > > tried putting my > > old CD-Rom drive back in, and now it won't work with that > > either. Please > > help, as I really want to get my Linux back > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > David P. Greenberg > > Bitco Electronics > > "In Service to the Recording Industry" > > **The falcon has heard the falconer** > > > >
Re: [newbie] newbie-forced to post this in Win95
"David P. Greenberg" wrote: > AAARGGGHHH!!! I've successfully set up linux several times in several > different distros, and actually started using it. I recently added a new HD > and a 40x CD-Rom to my system, and in so doing decided to go for fresh > installs on both my Win32 and Linux systems. I now have Windows (OS only) on > my 500mb primary master(/hda) and Windows programs on /hdb (6.3 gb quantum > bigfoot set as primary slave). For my secondary master which would be /hdc I > have the new CD-Rom, and I have a 4.3 gb Western Dig as secondary slave or > /hdd. For some reason I get one of the following errors when I try to run > the Mandrake 6 install. > Can't mount /hdc Invalid argument > or > no media in /hdc > or > invalid media. > at one point I did manage to get it to see the cd and start the install, but > when I got to disk druid, It wouldn't see the hard drive. I tried putting my > old CD-Rom drive back in, and now it won't work with that either. Please > help, as I really want to get my Linux back > Thanks in advance > > David P. Greenberg > Bitco Electronics > "In Service to the Recording Industry" > **The falcon has heard the falconer** As I recall you'll need to make your CD drive the last drive on your system (/hdd) Joseph Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH
Re: [newbie] newbie-forced to post this in Win95
Ken Wilson wrote: > I don't know if it will help but maybe try running your third hard drive > as the seconday master and the cd as the secondary slave. That works on > my system here. I have 3 harddrives, 4G, 8G and 11G respectively. > Except for what I need to boot Linux, which resides low on my primary > master, the rest resides in various partions on my primary slave. > > Ken Wilson > First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is > irrelevant > (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David P. > > Greenberg > > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 4:02 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [newbie] newbie-forced to post this in Win95 > > > > > > AAARGGGHHH!!! I've successfully set up linux several times in several > > > when I got to disk druid, It wouldn't see the hard drive. I > > tried putting my > > old CD-Rom drive back in, and now it won't work with that > > either. Please > > help, as I really want to get my Linux back > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > David P. Greenberg > > Bitco Electronics > > "In Service to the Recording Industry" > > **The falcon has heard the falconer** > > 23 Gigs-o-drivedrool! Joe
RE: [newbie] newbie-forced to post this in Win95
I dunno if this is gonna help ya or not, But I would put my Hardive as secondary master not slave > -Original Message- > From: David P. Greenberg [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 10 September 1999 7:02 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] newbie-forced to post this in Win95 > > AAARGGGHHH!!! I've successfully set up linux several times in several > different distros, and actually started using it. I recently added a new > HD > and a 40x CD-Rom to my system, and in so doing decided to go for fresh > installs on both my Win32 and Linux systems. I now have Windows (OS only) > on > my 500mb primary master(/hda) and Windows programs on /hdb (6.3 gb quantum > bigfoot set as primary slave). For my secondary master which would be /hdc > I > have the new CD-Rom, and I have a 4.3 gb Western Dig as secondary slave or > /hdd. For some reason I get one of the following errors when I try to run > the Mandrake 6 install. > Can't mount /hdc Invalid argument > or > no media in /hdc > or > invalid media. > at one point I did manage to get it to see the cd and start the install, > but > when I got to disk druid, It wouldn't see the hard drive. I tried putting > my > old CD-Rom drive back in, and now it won't work with that either. Please > help, as I really want to get my Linux back > Thanks in advance > > > David P. Greenberg > Bitco Electronics > "In Service to the Recording Industry" > **The falcon has heard the falconer**
RE: [newbie] newbie-forced to post this in Win95
I don't know if it will help but maybe try running your third hard drive as the seconday master and the cd as the secondary slave. That works on my system here. I have 3 harddrives, 4G, 8G and 11G respectively. Except for what I need to boot Linux, which resides low on my primary master, the rest resides in various partions on my primary slave. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David P. > Greenberg > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 4:02 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] newbie-forced to post this in Win95 > > > AAARGGGHHH!!! I've successfully set up linux several times in several > different distros, and actually started using it. I recently > added a new HD > and a 40x CD-Rom to my system, and in so doing decided to go for fresh > installs on both my Win32 and Linux systems. I now have > Windows (OS only) on > my 500mb primary master(/hda) and Windows programs on /hdb > (6.3 gb quantum > bigfoot set as primary slave). For my secondary master which > would be /hdc I > have the new CD-Rom, and I have a 4.3 gb Western Dig as > secondary slave or > /hdd. For some reason I get one of the following errors when > I try to run > the Mandrake 6 install. > Can't mount /hdc Invalid argument > or > no media in /hdc > or > invalid media. > at one point I did manage to get it to see the cd and start > the install, but > when I got to disk druid, It wouldn't see the hard drive. I > tried putting my > old CD-Rom drive back in, and now it won't work with that > either. Please > help, as I really want to get my Linux back > Thanks in advance > > > David P. Greenberg > Bitco Electronics > "In Service to the Recording Industry" > **The falcon has heard the falconer** >
