From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bonnie Dalzell Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:23:53 +0000 Subject: Re: [Novalug] My weekend is RUINED!!! =((( Message-Id: List-Id: References: <4B9194EE.3060300@iges.org> In-Reply-To: <4B9194EE.3060300@iges.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org cable select in my experience cable select can cause problems recognizing drives - especially if some of the drives are older than others or spin up slower. I had a lot of problems with my desktop around 9 months ago (when it turned out that the powersupply was also starting to fail) which resolved when I made sure the main pair of ide drives did NOT use cable select. also when you change hardware (ie drives) in an older system you often do need to go into the bios at early boot and make sure all the newly installed drives are detected. you said the old cd was on a scsi bus - where all 4 of the ide slots being used before you pulled the old scsi cd? although scsi is an older technology it is my understanding that it is still very good except for the problems of making sure that the scsi devices are terminated in compatible manner. do you have other scsi devices in this computer? if not you may want to remove the scsi card to avoid termination craziness. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bonnie Dalzell, MA mail:5100 Hydes Rd PO Box 60, Hydes,MD,USA 21082-0060|EMAIL:bdalzell@qis.net Freelance anatomist, vertebrate paleontologist, writer, illustrator, dog breeder, computer nerd & iconoclast... Borzoi info at www.borzois.com. HOME www.batw.net ART bdalzellart.batw.net BUSINESS www.boardingatwedge.com