9.04 can't find second hard drive.

[Karl F. Larsen]

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Accessys at smart.net wrote:
> just recently upgraded from SUSE 10.0 to Ubuntu 9.04
> everything works fine but no matter how I set things the system can't
> find the second hard drive (the old main SUSE drive)

	I assume old main SUSE drive is a "IDE" type of drive.



> 
> pretty sure it is not even finding it in BIOS which is confusing since
> that should be a problem, it is finding a CD drive that is on the same
> cable.
> 

	Yes! If the BIOS does not show that drive it means you will never find
it! The first step is to find out what is wrong. Make sure the big flat
cable is connected at the hard drive and the mother board. Make sure the
hard drive is running. Now check BIOS and see if the hard drive is there.


73 Karl


> have tried unplugging all devices but this hard drive which has a SUSE
> operating system and GRUB on it. but it won't even try to boot, in
> fact says there is no boot medium.
> 
> other than that system works fine, nothing critical on the drive but
> some things like forms that would be handy to not have to do over.
> 
> if nothting else just find a way to dump the drive onto a removable
> hard drive etc, it is less than 150mb of documents and things.
> 
> ????
> 
> Thanks
> Bob
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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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