<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 11:47 PM, compdoc <<a href="mailto:compdoc@hotrodpc.com">compdoc@hotrodpc.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><div class="im">Ok well it is a Seagate 250gb HD an IDE type, but I also have a 500gb SATA drive not being used as of yet...Yes the Disk Utility said that this hard drive health is good, nothing wrong...That I had checked prior to reinstalling 10.10...But now it still will not boot this hard drive, why I do not know, never have I had a problem like this before... So I am at a lose as to what too do...I've spent to many hours trying, and yet nothing... Thanks for the reply - - Larry>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> </div>How are you installing Ubuntu? From a usb stick or cd? Is the IDE hard drive sharing the ribbon cable with a cd/dvd drive? </div></div> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>To answer your question, I am installing Ubuntu from a CD and the HD is not sharing anything else on the ribbon cable...The DVD is on a separate cable... Thanks for asking....Larry