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Re: Hard Drive

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From: FARFROMN�RMAL
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 11:02
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This drive also has Win98se on it and I've gotten into a lot of trouble with
drive settings and Windowz.

"Mortimer" <xmort@ananzi.co.za> wrote in message
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> Forgive me if im wrong, but cant you just change the jumper settings on
the
> back of the hdd, and/or make shure the ide cable is in the correct cabel 2
> the IDE?
> "FARFROMN�RMAL" <fuel@zxmailREMOVETOMAIL.com> wrote in message
> news:988oci0se8@enews3.newsguy.com...
> > I know it needs to be on hda, and I am trying to change it so it is,
> that's
> > what I need help with.
> >
> > Also, I tried taking my hard drive off my controller card and hooking it
> > right to the motherboard's IDE and Linux boots fine and the harddrive is
> > shows as hda.
> >
> > But what do I do to fix Linux so I can use the card, its getting to be a
> > real pain in the ass switching the cable everytime I want to boot Linux.
> >
> >
> > "Neil Shaw" <N.R.M.Shaw@durham.ac.uk> wrote in message
> > news:3AA75F7B.E6B37B0@durham.ac.uk...
> > > I may be wrong, but I think that you can only have your root partition
> > > on either hda or hdb
> > >
> > > I seem to remember having a similar problem with RH5.2 some time ago
> > > when I tried to install on hdc, but their installer wouldn't let me
put
> > > the root partition on hdc
> > >
> > > "FARFROMN�RMAL" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have a Quantium Fireball on an ATA66 controller and Phatlinux 3.3.
> > > >
> > > > On boot Phatlinux detects my drives in this order:
> > > > hdc: CD-ROM
> > > > hdd: CD-RW
> > > > hde: HDD
> > > > Then hangs...
> > > >
> > > > I have tried changing the boot order in my BIOS, but that changes
> > nothing. I
> > > > have disconnected my CD drives and it doesn't change where the hard
> > drive is
> > > > placed.
> > > >
> > > >  But I am new to linux and
> > > > don't know anything really.
> > > >
> > > > HELP!
> >
> >
>
>
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