Re: How to connect four edi devices?

Josef Lowder wrote:
> .
> On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:46, Bryan O'Neal wrote
>> In your bios, did you set the IDE devices or are they set to auto
>> detect? What your bios is reporting looks like a standard manufactures
>> setting. Try setting all four devices to auto detect.
>
> I've tried dozens of combinations, including 'auto'
> but nothing I have tried will get bios to see *anything*
> on the second ide channel. No HD, no CD, nothing.
>
> One might conclude that the second ide channel on the mother board
> is defective ... except I am able to read the contents of anything
> connected on that second channel after booting up.
>
> So, I wonder if the bios might be defective?
>
> Very strange.
>

I'm under the impression that some older BIOSes are unable to boot from the
secondary IDE channel. This may or may not be correct, so don't "take it as
gospel". ;)

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-Eric 'shubes'
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