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"Mark B." wrote:

> I STAND CORRECTED.
>
> I run Win98 from IDE1, and lots of other things on removable drives on IDE2,
> so I tend to only run with one channel on at a time.
>
> Here's what I did: I turned the IDE2 on and let the computer boot into 98.
> When I looked in My Computer, the hard drive on IDE2 was not listed and did
> not show up until I ran the add/remove hardware applet. (in which case it
> showed up as G: first, then E: after subsequent reboots.)
>
> If 98 did in fact "scan", it failed to detect the drive. When "forced" to
> look for other hardware though, it came up with the additional drive.
>
> You were right, I was wrong. And I learned something. (Not the least of
> which is not to SHOUT when I disagree. My apologies.)
>

And maybe if you config your BIOS to Auto Detect on each  -  you'll  find the
other devices on bootup.

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>
> "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:abrkmc$kpak8$1@ID-69072.news.dfncis.de...
> >
> > Mark B. <some@othertime.org> wrote in message
> > news:JSbE8.77044$qU1.18400816@typhoon.nyroc.rr.com...
> >
> > > INCORRECT!
> >
> > Fraid not.
> >
> > > Operating systems DO NOT just "see" IDE hard drives that
> > > have not been detected by BIOS or configured in BIOS.
> >
> > Fraid so. Thats been true for years now,
> > particularly with Win9x and the NT derivatives.
> >
> > > Very simple; if the IDE hard drive ain't listed in the
> > > BIOS table, it ain't there as far as the OS is concerned.
> >
> > Fraid so. Win9x and the NT derivatives particularly
> > scan for drives themselves, so it doesnt matter if the
> > bios doesnt see them when the drive isnt the boot drive.
> >
> > > The exception is SCSI hard drives, in which case the SCSI
> > > card must be able to access and recognize the drive.
> >
> > Fraid its much more complicated than you claim.
> >
> >
> > > Philo <philo@plazaearth.com> wrote
> >
> > >> although you should have your bios
> > >> set to auto...to detect the drive.
> > >> even if it's not set in the bios...your operating
> > >> system should still detect the drive.
> > >> if you have not yet run fdisk and created partitions, it will not show
> up
> > >> so you need to do that and be sure that you partition your *second*
> drive!
> >
> >
> >