Re: Grub error 21 confusion
On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 02:05:38PM -0200, Miguel Filho wrote:
> Em Qui, 2005-02-03 às 19:20 -0500, Tom Pfeifer escreveu:
> > Seems pretty clear that the drive is there and working as far as Linux
> > is concerned. Why the BIOS won't recognize it is the question. Does it
> > get detected if you (temporarily) move it to another position like the
> > secondary slave?
>
> Check the jumpers, and double check cables! Don't jump the HD and the
> CD-ROM "cable select", this never works. Set the jumpers CD-ROM and HD
> specific, one as slave and the other as master.
>
> If you are using a UDMA 66 or above HD, the cable need to be special,
> you can't use normal udma33 cables, like the cables that comes with
> cd-roms and cd recorders.
Over the years I have replaced every drive in my desktop and have always
used cable select, and it has always worked, so "never" is a bit harsh.
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