WTF?! NO floppy in Lucid or in Meerkat! -- PROGRESS REPORT

[Alan Pope]

On 27 September 2010 07:44, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> As soon as I plugin an HD[1] in the system......every one of the above
> freeze during the initial stages of actually running (ie, they will boot
> but will freeze up before one reaches anywhere close to the login menu).
>

Sounds like the IDE cable to the hard disk caddy is upside down, or
the caddy receptacle is damaged in some way. Or perhaps the PSU can't
deliver the load required to run all the hardware, and the hard disk
tips it over the edge - current-wise.

Seems you've ruled out the disks themselves, and the RAM and
motherboard/CPU seem fine if you can boot from USB with no hard disks
attached. So I'd start looking at the interconnects which only affect
the hard disks.

Cheers,
Al.