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List:       netatalk
Subject:    Re: [netatalk-admins] adding IDE drive to scsi system
From:       Hannu Krosing <hannu () tm ! ee>
Date:       1999-09-24 20:24:50
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Wagner One wrote:
> 
> The linux machine on which I run netatalk is exclusivly scsi and I would
> like to add an IDE drive to the mix (cheaper, bigger, etc.). I installed it
> this morning on the primary IDE bus set as "device 0 master" and immediatly
> the machine attempted to boot from the IDE drive instead of the scsi drives
> (which are on a 2940). I poked around in the bios setup a little, but didn't
> see anything right away as to how to force it to boot from another device. I
> assume this is the way it has to be done or is there another workaround?

Just tell the BIOS that you have NO ide disks - it will boot off your
2940 
and then Linux will find your IDE disks. At least this is how I do it
:~)

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Hannu

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