> > 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?)
Looks like you have a SCSI only system (no IDE), which is nice (wish I had one). I believe SCSI cards have their own bios thing for booting, but you'll need to look at the booting messages to figure out how to get into it. On pc's, they are usually made with cheap parts, which means IDE. IDE can only have 2 drives per ide interface (master and slave) (systems now-a-days how two interfaces, making a max of 4 ide drives). SCSI doesn't have any of these restrictions, but it probably won't show up in your normal bios unless the scsi controller is built into the motherboard. HTH, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | Sometimes you have to release software with bugs. - MS Recruiter |
