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[alton bailey]

tanks  very much I am brain dead was to eager to install the drive


>From: Sean Earp <smearp at mac.com>
>Reply-To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com
>To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com
>Subject: Re: (no subject)
>Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 19:26:20 -0700
>
>On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 06:52 PM, alton bailey wrote:
>
>>I am running ferora 0.95 my problem is, one of my cdrom went bad and I 
>>install a new dvd burner after I install the new drive and reboot my 
>>system the bios only find one drive of the two dvd rom but fedora did not 
>>detect my new drive at all can some one point me having 0.95 finding my 
>>drive
>>
>>alton bailey system builder & network operator
>
>Alton-
>
>Where to begin?  First of all, a subject line helps tremendously  (for that 
>matter, an occasional break for a new sentence doesn't hurt either).  That 
>way we know what an email is about before we even open it!  Now if after 
>replacing a drive, your BIOS only sees one drive, then there is absolutely 
>no chance of Fedora (or any other OS) seeing things differently than your 
>BIOS does.   As to why your BIOS only sees one drive, there are a couple of 
>possibilities.
>
>1) The IDE cable is not fully seated on one of the two drives
>2) The power molex connector is not fully seated on one of the two drives
>3) You have both drives set as master or slave (or perhaps one as cable 
>select). This is the most likely possibility.  Make sure that you have one 
>drive jumpered as Master, and one as Slave, or both of them as Cable 
>select.
>
>Once the BIOS properly recognizes your drive, Fedora should recognize it 
>without any problems.   Hope this helps,
>
>-Sean
>
>
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