From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.complex) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16Rml7-00038N-00 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 23:05:37 -0500 Received: (from gnowak1@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id g0J45Eh00473 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 22:05:14 -0600 Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 22:05:14 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: HD not detected Message-ID: <20020118220514.B463@uic.edu> References: <20020118161937.J356@uic.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from rvilla1@swbell.net on Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 08:09:05PM -0600 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Since I've discovered linux, not for me. I mean this for pcs that have been worked on internally, as well as a brand new machine. I switch to a DOS floppy only when I have some reason to doubt dmesg output. Greg On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 08:09:05PM -0600, Richard Villa wrote: > Well, > > If anyone looks at the origin of the PC and how it boots, they will find > that the DOS boot is still used to get the beast going no matter what OS > you are going to load. > > Richard > On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > > Why would you expect a DOS floppy to see the drives if Linux does not? > > Greg > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 03:59:04PM -0600, Richard Villa wrote: > > > Well, > > > > > > First off, you need to make sure that the drives are set up correctly. > > > The jumpers need to be configured so that the first drive is the master, > > > and the second drive is the slave. > > > Next I would boot the machine with a dos floppy to make sure that the > > > system sees both drives. > > > TThen you need to partition the new drive, and if you are going to want > > > any dos partitions one the drive allocate and format them. > > > > > > Now you should be able to do your install. > > > > > > Richard > > > > > > On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Charles Hallenbeck > > > wrote: > > > > > > > I hope someone may have an explanation or a suggestion for this > > > > one: > > > > > > > > My friend has a Gateway machine with Windows 98 on a 12 GB disk > > > > which works fine. She wants to move on up to Linux, and purchased > > > > a second HD, a Maxtor 40 GB disk. She knows even less about > > > > hardware than I do, and together we proceeded to just put the > > > > disk in the machine and cable it up, without even looking at its > > > > jumpers. > > > > > > > > The machine now still boots fine into Windows, and Windows can > > > > see the second drive okay. However, Linux cannot see either the > > > > old drive or the new one. She is going to install Slackware 8.0 > > > > on her second disk, but when the installation boot disk and root > > > > disk are run, and we have the login invitation as root, neither > > > > fdisk nor cfdisk can 'open' any of the four HD devices, not even > > > > /dev/hda. > > > > > > > > Reviewing the boot messages for the ramdisk installation system, > > > > there is no mention of any HD either. It does find her CD drive > > > > on /dev/hdc, but no other /dev/hdx devices are found. > > > > > > > > Anybody have any idea where to look for this problem? > > > > > > > > Thanks - Chuck > > > > > > > > *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* > > > > Visit me at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > > > > The Moon is Waxing Crescent (24% of Full) > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup