Mixed disk drive types problem

From: N. Curt Bean (cbean_at_raytheon.com)
Date: 10/30/03 

Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 07:39:02 -0500

Linux-9

    I have 2 IDE disk drives, 1 SCSI disk drive and 1 SCSI tape drive
installed in a Compaq Deskpro EN (733mhz) computer.

    SCSI interface = AEC6712UW
    SCSI disk drive = Seagate ST336706LC
    TAPE DRIVE = HP SureStore DAT24x6

There are 2 problems I need help with:

1) The system want to boot the SCSI disk drive instead of the IDE disk
/dev/hda. I must use the boot floppy to boot from the IDE disk drive.

2) After booting from the IDE disk drive, I cannot fdisk the SCSI disk
drive. Says disk doesn't exist.

NOTE: The SCSI tape drive work OK.

Thanks in advance

Curt Bean

cbean@raytheon.com

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