On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 15:32:52 -0500 "Jamin W. Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 03:46:31 +0800 > "csj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The strange thing is that sometimes when I reboot, the Fujitsu drive > > appears to disappear. The drive is identified by the bios. But on > > boot-up a message appears that the drive's boot record could not be > > found, and indeed I can't boot from the drive. I have to power down > > completely before I can boot again into that drive (I can boot from the > > CDROM drives and hdb) > > Sounds like slow drive spin up. The systems ready to go before the drive > is. Perhaps you should check to see if there's an option to slow your > boot process slightly. Perhaps a BIOS option? This makes sense. I have to check this one out. I have an AMI bios. The boot up is quite fast, even with the power-on tests enabled, taking by my unscientific estimates less than ten seconds. The RAM is tested in only one pass. In the meantime I had disconnected the second (originally hdb) drive, and I managed several reboots without hda going AWOL. So the problem seems to be that the system can't handle two ide hard disks reliably. Ever heard of that one? thnx -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
