9.04 can't find second hard drive.

[Mark Haney]

Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> Mark Haney wrote:
>> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>>> Accessys at smart.net wrote:
>>>> well the USB - IDE HDD box arrived today and I put the offending drive
>>>> in it and still not recognized even though it spun up...
>>>> so put another HDD in the box and fired it up, and was immediately
>>>> recognized.
>>> 	Thanks Bob, that was my idea and it proves your new mother board BIOS
>>> is working just fine! There have been many who blame your BIOS for all
>>> your problems.
>> IIRC , it was you who claimed the BIOS was not right and suggested he
>> live with it.  And I quote:
> 
>>> 	Please be aware that you have a BIOS problem. There is no way to   help
>>> you with that. Try to find some help on the bios. When you fix that all
>>> else will work fine.
>>>
>>>
>>> 73 Karl
> 
>> There were others, including myself who thought the drive might have
>> been bad.  So, don't take credit for something you never offered in the
>> first place.
> 
> 
> 
> 	Gosh thanks for correcting my error. But I am certain I was the ONLY
> one who suggested finding another hard drive and see if the BIOS found
> it. This was real silly of course.

Uh, no you weren't.  I suggested that as well as getting another system
and seeing if the drive could be seen on it.  (Which is the same thing
for all practical purposes. It'll tell you if the drive is bad.)


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Mark Haney
Sr. Systems Administrator
ERC Broadband
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