This seems to be more of a hardware problem thanan OS problem. My BIOS is very old, so all I see when the PC is powering up is just the amount of RAM, extended memory and some other stuff on the memory. No mention of the drives detected. The BIOS setup has provisions for 2 IDE drives, but when I set the second to auto-detect, it can't sense the CDROm. Also, the CDROM (Matsushita-Kotobuki) is 4x IDE CR-563-B. It has 4 jumper settings. I put the jumper in all 4 positions abd connected the CDROm to the first IDE drive as slave to the hard disk, but in all cases the BIOS could not find the hard disk controller. The hard disk had the jumper set in the middle slot (as master, right?) My motherboard has a single IDE drive. I contacted customer support for the CDROm, but they were in the least bit supportive. Anyone has any suggestions?
Thanks, Michelle. Michelle Maria Coelho Department of Computer and Information Science Purdue School of Science Phone: 1-317-278-2948 Fax : 1-317-274-9742
