Just checking back to see how Joe made out today. I have been away from a computer all day, imagine that! Please do give an update, and also thaks to everyone else who has helped with this issue.. Mike ---- "Eric \"Shubes\"" wrote: > joe wrote: > > . > > One more thing in response to this suggestion: > > > >> > Try removing hdb and try to boot. hda5 is the active partition, > >> > or at least it was. It should boot from there even though > >> > it is not labeled. > >> > > >> > Does the BIOS recognize the drive size correctly upon boot? > > > >> Yes, it did recognize both drive sizes correctly in the bios > >> before Eric disabled drive hdb in the bios (I think that is > >> what was done.) > > I hope I've clarified this in my previous post. > > > I thought that the point of disabling hdb in bios > > (as I believe was done yesterday) was to achieve the > > suggest, above, to "try removing hdb ..." > > Yes, that was the point. However, disabling the drive in the bios > doesn't always have the same effect as disconnecting the drive. > > > But if I'm remembering what happened correctly (and I may not be), > > the result was that both drives seemed to "disappear" ... > > hdb disappeared (from the bios, not from knoppix) when we specified > "none" in the bios setup. hda never appeared in the summary, even with > "auto" setup. > > > Now, I tend to think that this whole ordeal could be and perhaps > > should be titled: "The great LILO boot-loader disappearance mystery." > > Not only LILO, but the whole hda. > Thankfully, Linux sees the drive and partitions when the BIOS doesn't! > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss