[Luna] Setting up a dual-boot systlem

[rian bogle]

Carolyn,

A typical  parallel ide (PATA) setup would look might look like this

             --------hdd1 (set to master)
             |
ide1 ---
             |
             --------hdd2 (set to slave)

             --------cdrom1 (set to master)
             |
ide2 ---
             |
             --------cdrom2 (set to slave)

However you might also have cable select cables in which case the drives 
might be jumpered for CS (make sure everything is consistent)
Try entering the bios and making sure that all 4 channels are set to be 
auto-probed (usually on the first bios screen) and not disabled.
(Some times a bios tries to be smart and reset settings when new drives 
are put on the bus)

Things to check:
    Are all drives being probed and found in the bios setup and in bios 
boot?
    Do you have SATA and PATA devices or just good old PATA. (make sure 
boot order is behaving for that)
    Is the boot order set correctly (eg Cdroms before C drive)
    Turn off any bios splash screens so you can see the Bios POST
    Can you see the "Press any key to boot from CD...." message ?
    Use a PS2 keyboard instead of USB to catch the 'Boot to CD' message 
(while a usb keyboard may work in the bios it often doesn't work to 
catch the CD)

Hope one of those might help,

Rian Bogle

Carolyn Roberts wrote:
> The bios sees the new drive and I have the jumper set to slave. Is 
> that right?
>
> On 3/25/07, *Patrick Fleming, EA* <pat at rwcinc.net 
> <mailto:pat at rwcinc.net>> wrote:
>
>     Does the bios see the 250g hard drive and do you have the jumpers set
>     right on the cdrom drive?
>
>     Carolyn Roberts wrote:
>     > Hi folks,
>     >
>     > I have just installed a second 250GB HD in my new computer
>     system which I
>     > would like to load WinXP on for school. Yes, I am back in school
>     finishing
>     > my BS degree finally. I am having trouble figuring out how to
>     fat format
>     > the
>     > second drive for the Win install. When I set the bios to boot
>     from the Win
>     > OS install cd, it doesn't boot from the CD for some odd reason.
>     When I hit
>     > F8 to choose a boot device, the CD/DVD drive is not listed as a
>     boot device
>     > option. I have never had this problem before and I'm not sure how to
>     > correct
>     > it.
>     >
>     > Any suggestions?
>     >
>     > Thanks,
>     > -Carolyn
>     >
>     >
>     >
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Thank-You,


Rian Bogle

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