Your mobo doesn't have on-board SCSI controller, so what controller do you use ? You can set the BIOS boot sequence in your "BOOT" menu in "1st to 8th Boot Device" and make sure you choose SCSI over IDE-HDD. And try to set Plug & Play O/S to "Disable" rgds Bruce Douglas wrote: > the problem with this is that there doesn't seem to be any way to indicate > to the bios that the box has scsi. although if i load liunx on the scsi > without the ide drive, it works as it's supposed to. the bios allows me to > manipulate ide master/slave, primary/secondary controllers. > > i'm running an intel isp1100 motherboard. > > regards > > -bruce > > -----Original Message----- > From: psyche-list-admin@redhat.com > [mailto:psyche-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of jdow > Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 5:49 PM > To: psyche-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: Adding an 80G Seagate IDE drive.... > > Tell the BIOS to boot from the first SCSI drive. This is always > a SCSI option not a Linux option. > {^_^} > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Parry" <robpar@telus.net> > To: "RH 8.0" <psyche-list@redhat.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 17:35 PM > Subject: RE: Adding an 80G Seagate IDE drive.... > > > I think that is the problem, I have a SCSI drive and IDE Drives in my > > system and the boot system has to be on the first IDE drive. I believe > > there is a way to avoid this although I was never able to find it and > > it was just easier to put Grub on the first IDE drive. > > > > Bob > > On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 16:42, Bruce Douglas wrote: > > > hey... > > > > > > that's exactly what i want to be able to do.... boot from a scsi.. and > have > > > a 2nd 80G ide.... > > > > > > -bruce > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: psyche-list-admin@redhat.com > > > [mailto:psyche-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Bob Parnass, AJ9S > > > Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 4:31 PM > > > To: psyche-list@redhat.com > > > Subject: Re: Adding an 80G Seagate IDE drive.... > > > > > > > > > I thought the problem might be that he wanted to boot from the SCSI > drive, > > > but installed a new IDE drive as his second drive. Can you boot from > > > a SCSI drive if there's an IDE drive installed, too? Perhaps his system > is > > > trying to boot from the new IDE drive but that's the wrong drive. > > > > > > On Saturday 28 December 2002 05:56 pm, Bruce Douglas wrote: > > > > thanks... > > > > > > > > but i'm pretty sure this isn't the problem... i have an 80G by itself > in a > > > > similar server (same bios) with no problem. the issue seems to be with > > > > installing two drives... > > > > > > > > thanks... > > > > > > > > bruce douglas > > > > bedouglas@earthlink.net > > > > > > -- > > > > ========================================================================= > > > Bob Parnass, AJ9S Linux User > http://parnass.com > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Psyche-list mailing list > > > Psyche-list@redhat.com > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Psyche-list mailing list > > > Psyche-list@redhat.com > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Psyche-list mailing list > > Psyche-list@redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list