trouble adding another harddrive.

[Kim Briggs]

On 9/13/08, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
> 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
>
>

My experience with maybe not as old of a motherboard:  It mattered
what order the drives where on the cable.  Really, that was the only
thing that made it work.  The primary hard drive had to be first.  If
I switched them... blackness.

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