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Old 01-23-2005, 08:51 AM   #1
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Help!cd Drive Sos!


i have linux fedora core 3 installed in a logical partition with windows me on my hard drive...on connecting my HD to another computer ( running win 98 ) it doesnt get detected, not only that but the cd rom drive of the other computer has stopped working ( it doesnt exist )
although i doubt the cd drive disappearing has anything to do with it..need assistance.
 
Old 01-23-2005, 09:01 AM   #2
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Assuming this is an IDE drive make sure the jumpers are configured correctly as well as the motherboard BIOS.
 
Old 01-23-2005, 09:12 AM   #3
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in BIOS i have an option of IDE 0, IDE 1 IDE 2 SCSI and CDROMand FLOPPY. can cdrom be an IDE device? IDE 0 is the first boot option. Windows 98 and does not have any knowledge of such a drive and does not detect it at startup,although the drive "lights up" on startup ( i assume this means bios detects it )
help!
 
Old 01-23-2005, 09:25 AM   #4
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someone help!
 
Old 01-23-2005, 10:31 AM   #5
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Old 01-23-2005, 10:36 AM   #6
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the cdrom is an ide device. if the cdrom was set to master and you hooked the hard drive to the same cable with it set as master, probably neither would work. set the cdrom as a slave if it's on the same cable with a hard drive.
 
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I'm not talking about boot options.
Yes make sure if you have the hard drive and the CDROM drive on the same channel that the master/slave jumpers are configured correctly. Misconfigured jumpers will effect other devices.

In the BIOS usually on the first page there is a section that shows the settings for each IDE channel. Make sure it is set to auto for the location of the drive.
 
  


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