Re: scsi hard drive as root with primary ide

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From: William
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 20:59

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"Jimmy //Super Fly// Bly" <me@here.com> wrote in message news:<kqwt8.63723$gA5.5680071@e3500-atl2.usenetserver.com>...
> hello,
> 
> i have a IDE hard drive as primary master, active, bootable.  i also have a
> active, bootable scsi hard drive.
> 
> when i boot the ide, everything works fine.  but i want to use the faster
> scsi hard drive as my OS drive and be able to also use the IDE one at the
> same time as a 2nd drive (e.g. scsi is C:, IDE is D:)
> 
> the problem is, when i boot from the scsi drive, the IDE drive doesnt show
> up as D:.  when i boot from the IDE drive, the scsi drive does show up as
> drive d.  but i want the opposite thing.
> 
> fyi:  to boot from scsi, i either unplug the IDE drive or change boot
> sequence in BIOS.
> 
> thanks

When you boot from SCSI, what OS is it?  Does the IDE show up at all?

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