trouble adding another harddrive.

Karl Larsen k5di at zianet.com
Sat Sep 13 22:26:20 UTC 2008


lists wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i want to add another harddrive, but if i do it ubuntu refuse to start. :(
>
> i have 2x 120 GB IDE drive (/dev/sda & /dev/sdb).
>
> now i want to add a 320 GB SATA drive but i see that the newly installed 
> drive is /dev/sda.
>
> how do i fix this?
>
> greets
>
>   
    You have an old BIOS and it can't handle a SATA hard drive. My 
suggestion is to put it all on the 380 GB SATA drive and then unplug the 
two 120 GB drives. I did this with my old BIOS and now it is fine :-)


Karl


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