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Date:	Tue, 6 Nov 2001 02:53:20 PDT
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: IDE problem

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Sandy,

I have several questions. When you say:

If I connect the secondary cable, with the CD-RW, on the Ultra ATA 100
IDE
> connector, I can see the CD Rom drive in OS/2, but I then cannot see it in
> Windows, and I cannot boot from the CD Rom.

What exactly do you mean by I can see it in OS/2? Can you boot to an
OS/2 desktop, using that setup? If so, can you insert a CDROM, double
click on the CDROM drive object on the desktop and read files that are
on the CDROM? The way I am reading this is that you attached the CD-RW
drive as a master to the Ultra ATA 100 MB connector and you attached
your 2 hard drive units as master and slave to the Secondary IDE
connector. Then, you booted from the master hard drive attached to the
secondary IDE connector. And the reason you cannot boot from the CD-RW,
using this setup, is because your motherboard (MB) does not support it.
Am I right? If not, what exactly is your setup here? Please specify the
following, below:

Ultra ATA 100 MB connector: Master IDE drive unit? Slave IDE drive
unit?
Secondary IDE MB connector: Master IDE drive unit? Slave IDE drive
unit?

Similarly, when you say:

If I connect the cable to the other secondary IDE connector (not the
Ultra
> 100), I lose it in OS/2 but can then see it in Windows and can boot from
> it.

What exactly is your setup here?:

Ultra ATA 100 MB connector: Master IDE drive unit? Slave IDE drive
unit?
Secondary IDE MB connector: Master IDE drive unit? Slave IDE drive
unit?

Harry Motin

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Sandy Shapiro wrote:
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> >You said you have 2 drives on the primary and the CD as slave on
> >secondary. You didn't say if you have a master on that channel, but you
> >need to have a master before you attach a slave. If I'm reading you
> >right, changing the CD to master might straighten things out.
>
> Thanks, Dave.
>
> I changed the CD-RW from slave to master (on the 2nd ide channel). That
> now allows me to boot up OS/2 from the standard IDE connector as well as
> the Ultra 100 IDE connector. However, I still cannot see the CD Rom drive
> in OS/2
>
> Here is what I can do:
> If I connect the secondary cable, with the CD-RW, on the Ultra ATA 100 IDE
> connector, I can see the CD Rom drive in OS/2, but I then cannot see it in
> Windows, and I cannot boot from the CD Rom.
>
> If I connect the cable to the other secondary IDE connector (not the Ultra
> 100), I lose it in OS/2 but can then see it in Windows and can boot from
> it.
>
> There must be some way to force OS/2 to see the CD-Rom drive when it is
> connected to the regular (not the ATA 100) connector. Something is CMOS
> maybe?
>
> Thanks,
> Sandy
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