Hi Greg - The technical details on the motherboard and disk controller are only available via a Java script, so I don't have them right now, but hopefully I will have them soon. Maybe I should give that boot image a try... Chuck On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote: > Hmmmm, what kind of chipset is the controller? > I'm asking because something like ata100.i could be in order here. > Greg > > > On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 01:10:32PM -0500, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > Thanks for all the recommendations on the HD problem with my > > friend's computer, most of which concentrated on the jumper > > configuration. > > > > However - Tommy suggested removing the new disk and checking > > whether the Linux installation ramdisk system can detect the > > primary master disk, /dev/hda, and it cannot. To repeat a little, > > the system has Windows 98 on a 12 GB disk and Windows can detect > > the new 40 GB disk. The only reference to /dev/hdx devices in the > > ramdisk startup messages is to a CDROM drive on /dev/hdc. > > > > I wonder if I should be using a different boot disk besides > > bare.i? Any further tips would be welcome. > > > > Chuck > > > > > > *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* > > Visit me at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > > The Moon is Waxing Crescent (31% of Full) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* Visit me at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh The Moon is Waxing Crescent (33% of Full)
