From: John Adams (jna@retina.net)
Date: 04/19/00-04:40:28 AM Z
Ignore me, I'm dumb -- the bios was configured all wrong. The bios had to
be set to options 'LARGE' to support my 4.6GB drive.
-j
On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, John Adams wrote:
> I have a fujitsu 2048 and I'm having massive problems with it in the
> iopener.
>
> I fdisk'ed it, formatted it, sys'ed it, and it boots just fine on a
> compaq that I have here, but when it's in the iopener, I get the microsoft
> windows logo screen (you get this even when you just sys a disk at the
> command prompt) and then the iopener crashes with a screen full of junk.
>
> This drive boots a compaq I have just fine.
>
> I haven't even begun to install windows, either!
>
> Any thoughts? The windows boot proves that reading off the drive works,
> and that it's using the Hd as master, but the crash really throws me. Why
> would it do this?
>
> -john
>
> On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Greg Daly wrote:
>
> > Greg,
> >
> > i've found that most friendly local computer stores will _give_ you a whole
> > bag of supplies. CompUSA even gave me a whole bunch of screws once, just go
> > talk to the dudes in their service department. A local store is always the
> > best bet though.
> > if you want getto-fast though, just strip a section of really small
> > solid-core wire and bend that baby around. :) And BTW, i had a drive that
> > didnt work without a jumper informing it that it was master.
> > -greg
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Greg Underwood <gunderwood@donet.com>
> > To: <ihack@fastolfe.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 12:52 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ihack] Re: Sandisk detection problems
> >
> >
> > |
> > | I've had a similar problem. Instead of the BIOS not recognizing the
> > | SanDisk, the system just won't boot with the HDD as primary master and
> > | SanDisk as slave. I suspect this comes from the lack of a jumper on my
> > HDD
> > | to specify that the drive is in fact the master. I know that it's
> > supposed
> > | to default to master if there is no jumper present, but the way it's not
> > | booting (it posts, but failes to find any drives, and the auto detect IDE
> > | devices in BIOS also fails to find anything) is the same behaviour as if
> > | there were two devices set to master or slave.
> > |
> > | Anyone know where I can get a jumper of the right size? I've contemplated
> > | just soldering a connection, but haven't worked up the guts to make that
> > | kind of mod just yet.
> > |
> > | -Greg
> > |
> > | At 09:41 PM 4/18/00 -0500, Greg Brass wrote:
> > | >
> > | > Does bios recognise your Sandisk? I have and IBM hd ...
> > | > when it is connected, bios does not detect/see Sandisk.
> > | > This has been experienced by other users as well.
> > |
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