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Date:	Tue, 6 Nov 2001 23:13:02 PDT
From:	sshapiro@ucsd.edu (Sandy Shapiro)
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: IDE problem

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Hi Gary,

Sure -- I had a LSILogic Symbios 20810 PCI card in slot 2, and I moved it
to slot 3.

I still don't understand what is is about slot 2 that conflicts with the
RSJ CD-RW drivers, but I am glad everything is finally working again.

Sandy

>Out of curiousity, what PCI card did you have to move?

>On Tue, 6 Nov 2001 16:45:36 PDT, Sandy Shapiro wrote:

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>>Ok -- I think I have it figured it out.
>>
>>When I changed motherboards, I didn't use the same PCI slots as before,
>>and that caused a conflict with DANIATAP.FLT and the RSJ drivers. I could
>>attach the CD-RW, but I couldn't access the CD Rom drive.
>>
>>I moved a PCI card from Slot 2 to Slot 3, and everything became OK.
>>
>>Sorry for the confusion about IDE connections. I have two hard drives,
>>both on the primary IDE connector, one master and one slave.
>>
>>I have one CD-RW drive always on the secondary IDE connector (first as
>>slave, now as master -- that didn't seem to make any difference.
>>
>>The new motherboard has two sets of IDE connectors: Ultra DMA 100, and
>>regular.
>>
>>So -- I have the two hard drives on the ULTRA DMA 100 PRIMARY connector,
>>and I have the CD-RW drive on the the Regular IDE SECONDARY connector.
>>
>>The Dani driver lets me use one CD-RW drive as either a CD Rom drive or as
>>a CD Burner (if anyone wants to know the drive parameters I use, let me
>>know).
>>
>>Now OS/2 is happy and Windows is happy, and I can even boot from the CD
>>Rom drive.
>>
>>I haven't done a thorough testing yet, but I don't anticipate any more
>>problems. I find this DMA business and IRQ stuff very confusing.
>>
>>Thanks for all the help.
>>Sometimes after I post a question, I will wake up in the middle of the
>>night and think, "Maybe its the PCI slots!" Then I have to wait all day
>>until I get a chance to play around and see what happens.
>>
>>Sandy
>>
>>>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:
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>>> 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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