Mount a hd with ubuntu on it

Tony Arnold tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk
Sun Oct 29 19:33:27 UTC 2006


Wade,

wade at wadesmart.com wrote:
> 10272006 1301 GMT-6
> 
> I have a PM-Maxtor as the selected boot device and a IBA FE Slot as the
> second choice.
> On IDE Configuration: both Primary and Secondary slave not detected.
> I checked the cables. They are plugged in. So is the power cable.
> I can "feel" the drive spinning. Well, not constantly. But when I turn
> it on


Is the cable itself marked wit the words 'master' and 'slave' next to
the connectors? If so, you need to set the jumpers to 'cable select'.

Regards,
Tony.
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