Q. re: Maxtor and Seagate IDE HDD's and Linux

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From: Mark White
Date: Tue, 03 May 1994 01:39

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Hi--

I've got two IDE HDDs: a Maxtor 7213A (213MB) and a Seagate ST114A (124MB)
which I would like to install correctly into my PC, perferably the Seagate
as the C: and the Maxtor as the D:.  The Seagate was pinched from an old
386SX, the Maxtor was (until recently) the only HDD in my 486DX/33.

My problem is this-- I'm unable to boot from the Maxtor, even when it's the
C drive, and configured correctly in the computer's CMOS settings.  I can
boot of either a DOS or Linux floppy, and use the drive with no problems.
I had created a small, bootable DOS partition on this drive (format /s C:)
prior to (sucessfully) installing Linux, and was unable to boot from the C
drive.

However, when I reinstall the Maxtor drive, change the CMOS it boots up OK.
The Seagate came from another machine where it was booting OK.

Could there be a jumper setting that I've missed here?  Can anyone supply
me with the jumper settings for either of these drives?

Thanks in advance,

--
Mark White                                         <markw@cs.jcu.edu.au>
Department of Computer Science                    | Phone:  (07) 870 9212
James Cook University                             | Fax:    (07) 371 8485
P.O. Box 705 Indooroopilly QLD 4068  AUSTRALIA    | Mobile: (018) 06 8275

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From: markw@coral.cs.jcu.edu.au (Mark White)
Subject: Q. re: Maxtor and Seagate IDE HDD's and Linux
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Keywords: linux ide maxtor seagate
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