Phoenix BIOS w/ IDE drive -- strange booting problem

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From: David Cavanaugh
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:17

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I'm trying to build a PC, using an old 386 DX motherboard, with
Phoenix 1.10 BIOS.  I installed a noname IDE controller, with a
Western Digital 2200 (212MB) hard disk.  At boot time, I get
"hard disk initialization error", and it asks if I want to run
setup.  If I run setup, I can exit (without changing anything),
and the machine boots - no problem.  Has anyone seen this kind
of problem before?  I have assembled a considerable number of
PCs over the years, but I never encountered this kind of glitch.
I suspect that a BIOS upgrade would solve the problem, I just
want to see if anyone else has fixed a similar problem, and is
a BIOS upgrade the real answer.

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