trouble adding another harddrive.

[Vinson Carrethers]

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Kim Briggs wrote:
> 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.
> 
I too would check the BIOS.  If it has a SATA connector, the BIOS should have
the capability to boot the new drive.  You could help with the info about the
Motherboard mfr, etc.
Since you are mixing SATA and IDE, the bios boot order may be critical.


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