Re: removeable hard drives

From: Jim Walker (Jim_at_notreallyhere.com)
Date: 05/06/04 

Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 13:10:15 -0700

On Thu, 06 May 2004 10:03:14 +0200, Leendert Meyer
<leen.meyer@no.where> wrote:

>Jim Walker wrote:
>
>> I loaded SuSE 7.2 on a removeable hard drive, it loaded beautifully.
>> It also worked great until I shut down the box. When I powered up
>> again I got the msg that it couldn't find an OS. I removed the hard
>> drive from the removeable and hooked it in direct. It booted fine and
>> worked fine. I took my ohm meter and checked all the wiring in the
>> removeable , they were all there and working fine. When I put my
>> doze hard drive in the removeable it booted fine. I thought perhaps
>> there was a problem with SuSE 7.2 , so I left the SuSE hard drive
>> hooked up direct.
>> I bought SuSE 9.0 and a new hard drive, put the hard drive in the
>> removeable and everything loaded great until I powered down the box.
>> It can't find the OS. Connect the SuSE direct and it boots just fine.
>>
>> My question is, does anyone have any idea why SuSE doesn't boot when
>> the hard drive is connected through a removeable and boots fine
>> connected direct.
>
>So with SuSE 7.2 and SuSE 9.0 you had the same problem:
Both had exact same problem
>
>A) HD is removeable:
>After a shutdown the system would not boot, and between shutdown and startup
>you did not open the PC case.
After I loaded the 7.2 or 9.0 if all I did was a restart it booted
fine, When I powered all the way down and powered back up it could
not find the OS.
>
>B) Same HD fixed:
7.2 is on a Maxtor, 9.0 is on a Western Digital
>All is well.
>
>Q1: Was your HD id the same in what I call case A) and case B)? In other
>words, if in case A) your HD was hda, was it in case B) still hda?
I think so yes
>
>Q2: Is case A) reproducable? IOW, does your PC fail to reboot in all cases,
>or only now and then?
Yes it is reproducable, I put a HD in the drawer it will not find an
OS. I take it out of the drawer and connect it to the same IDE cable
it boot fine.
I have an 8Gig HD with win98 on it and if I put that HD in the drawer
it boots. That is why I thought it might have something to do with
7.2 and why I bought 9.0 to try.

Thanks Leen, I appreciate the response.

Jim W

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