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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 10:09:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Mike Dresser <mdresser_l@windsormachine.com>
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Subject: Re: How do I re-activate IDE controller (secondary channel) after
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On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Jani Averbach wrote:

> On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Mike Dresser wrote:
>
> > Don't disable the ide channel, set the hard drive type to none in the
> > bios, instead of auto.
>
> It was set to none. I emphazise that bios will halt if drive is connected
> in 80G mode, regardless of bios setting (Disabling ide-2 will help,
> however).
>
> I have found 3 different way to boot machine with this hd so far:
> 1) jumpper drive to 32G mode
> 2) disable ide-2 channel
> 3) don't connect disk's cables at all. =)

Very odd BIOS, but that's a given.  What happens in case #1?  I thought I
remembered a way to get the full capacity after Linux has booted up, using
that method.

Mike