[ubuntu] Failed installs

[Steve!]

Bob, it sounds like these Emachines are setting up their CD/DVD drives 
as SLAVE, and the HD0 as MASTER (Am assuming these old machines IDE)

What is happening is you're then putting in your drive, there are now 
two MASTER drives and the BIOS is hanging while looking for the correct 
one (confusing itself as it should only see 1)

Does that make sense? I hope so.

To fix, make sure the jumpers (on the back of the drives) on the HD and 
CD are different, The HD should usually be MASTER, and the CD should be 
slave. (Or obviously you could run them on seperate cables).

Steve!
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Bob Hickey wrote:
> Twice I bought Emachines at a flea market. The screen said the XP had 
> a virus. No shock there. But when I switched HDs for one with Ubuntu 
> 9.04, they went dead. It's never happened w/ any but Emachines. I've 
> gotten many brands, and no names, but this only happens w/ Emachines. 
> Thanx for any clues. Bob