On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Michael D. Kirkpatrick wrote:
> For some reason, on startup, a couple of my boxes wand to scan for hdb and
> hdd devices. There are none. After that, it tries to run Hard Drive
> Optimization on those 2 non-existing devices and of course it fails. Other
> then the fact that it takes a little longer to start up and displays those 2
> error, nothing seems to be affected. Is there a setting somewhere (Other
> then CMOS) to tell linux not to bother checking for anything other then hda.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Mike Kirkpatrick
Disable drive autodetection in your bios, make sure the secondary
controler(s) are enabled, and that all the drive jumpers are set correct
and the cables correctly seated. If it still hangs waiting for ide to
timeout,
Post your.
Bios version, Mainboard brand and revison, Harddrive layout brand and
revisions, and the dmesg output from when it's probeing.
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