[Gllug] BIOS not detecting IDE hdrives

[john gennard]

On Sat, 14 May 2005 10:19:40, "Russell Howe" wrote:-

> On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 09:43:13AM +0100, john gennard wrote:
> 
>>I'm trying to build a small box with leftover bits
>>and pieces. Normally, I have no problems.
> 
>>Now, when I boot, hard drives are shown as 'none'. The CD
>>writer and floppy are 'seen' correctly.
> 
> Have you tried booting it with just one drive attached (set to master,
> on the end connector of the IDE ribbon), trying each of the drives in
> turn?
> 
Yes, Russell, I've tried all possible combinations - what I
know is the 'good' drive is seen by the various Distros whether
as Master or Slave, but the BIOS says 'none'. I would have
suspected the BIOS itself, but all changes I make to it are
activated.

John.

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