[NTLUG:Discuss] install problems on system with multiple IDE drives

kbrannen@gte.net kbrannen at gte.net
Tue Oct 7 23:10:50 CDT 2003


fredjame wrote:
...
> On the primary IDE (ATA 66) on the mother board: the primary is a 10GB 
> 5T060H6, and the secondary is a 60GB 51054H2 - cable is 80 wire.

MB primary has hda & hdb.
MB secondary has hdc & hdd.

> On the primary (#1) connector an ATA 133 IDE card, the primary is a 
> 200GB LTN301 - no secondary here - cable is 80 wire.

IDE card primary has hde & hdf.
IDE card secondary has hdg & hdh.

I'm assuming the card has 2 connectors, if it has only one, scratch hdg & hdh.

> They were installed to be that way, and the BIOS seems them that way, 
> however, when installing Linux (Mandrake 9.1), they are seen during 
> partitioning as
> - hda - 55GB
> - hdb - 10GB
> - hde - 189GB

OK, makes sense.

> and I get a curious set of results when I complete the install, and the 
> system tries to reboot for the first time.  No matter where I put the / 
> and /boot partitions, the bootloader cannot seem to find a system to 
> boot. 

Maybe a setting on the card is confusing the system?  I've seen that with SCSI 
cards, as they have a BIOS like setting/ability (not sure how to describe 
this, I normally have it turned off).

 > Also, (a) I select LILO for a bootloader and the boot time screen
> stop after displaying "Grub Loading stage 2.."; (b) I select Grub for a 
> bootloader and the boot time screen stops after displaying "LI" or "LILO"

That does seem weird.  I'd suggest trying to solve the above problem as these 
last 2 are definitely related.  I personally prefer LILO, but I know others 
prefer GRUB; so use whatever works best for you.

HTH,
Kevin





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