[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >Andrew Ivanov wrote:
> >> > If it's not an overlay problem, I don't have a clue.
> >>
> >> Wouldnt it be the problem only when he was trying to boot to an OS that
> is > located >beyong 1024th cylinder?
> >> He's got 2 drives, on primary and secondary IDE's. And drive 1,
> /dev/hda, > holds >Windows, and /dev/hdb, drive 2, holds Linux...
> >
> >
> >I do have such a configuration and for the moment I'm not able to boot
> from /dev/hdb >(Linux). I tried to swap the two disks from BIOS but it
> >doesn't
> >work, probably because the mounted disks are /dev/hdb*. Any idea?
>
> Did you check the jumpersettings at the disks?
> You have to tell a haddisk, whether it's a slave or the primary disk.
> Only primary disks can be bootable.
This is something I was wondering about (I'm new to PCs and Linux):
BIOS doesn't show any information about master/slave disks. I played
around with the setup but with no result.
I've got an ASUSTEK P2B-S mothercard with Ultra-2 SCSI contoller (SCSI
storage
controller: Adaptec AIC-7890). (in some postings I saw a formatted
description of the
hardware configuration, is that obtained by a command or from some
file?)
Here are relevant parts of files in my /proc directory:
/proc/pci
Bus 0, device 6, function 0:
SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7890/1 (rev 0).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. BIST capable. IRQ 9.
Master Capable. Latency=3
2. Min Gnt=39.Max Lat=25.
I/O at 0xb000.
Non-prefetchable 64 bit memory at 0xe1800000.
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
PCI bridge: Intel 440BX - 82443BX AGP (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=136.
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: Intel 440BX - 82443BX Host (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=64.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe4000000.
/proc/scsi/scsi
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: IBM Model: DDRS-34560D Rev: DC1B
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
Vendor: IBM Model: DDRS-34560D Rev: DC1B
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Does that explain anything?
Mamoun
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