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Can you please help with an installation problem? I have setup Linux 8.2 on a PC with the following spec: Processor: AMD Athlon 2.1 GHz Math Support: Present BIOS: VIA694 - 42302e31 Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, 11/01/02 Motherboard Epox 8K5A2+ Bus Type: PCI, ISA Ports: 1 Parallel, 9 Serial Memory: 512 MB 2700 333Hz (37% Utilized) Floppy Disks: 1.44 MB Hard Disks: 28.63 GB, 111.79 GB, 38.34 GB Multimedia: Sound, CD-ROM, CD-RW Video: 1280 x 1024 in 64K Colors, NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ver. 6.14 The hard drives 111.79G Win XP Pro & 38.34G Data only are set as 'Masters' ATA100's on IDE 3&4 ports. The hard drive 28.63 is set up as a 'Master' with Linux 8.2 and sits on IDE1. IDE 2 is used to control a CD and a CDRW set as master and slave. My question: ;( Why will Linux NOT boot up with the ATA drives connected and powered?

Quote: Can you please help with an installation problem? I have setup Linux SuSE 8.2 on a PC with the following spec: Processor: AMD Athlon 2.1 GHz Math Support: Present BIOS: VIA694 - 42302e31 Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, 11/01/02 Motherboard Epox 8K5A2+ Bus Type: PCI, ISA Ports: 1 Parallel, 9 Serial Memory: 512 MB 2700 333Hz (37% Utilized) Floppy Disks: 1.44 MB Hard Disks: 28.63 GB, 111.79 GB, 38.34 GB Multimedia: Sound, CD-ROM, CD-RW Video: 1280 x 1024 in 64K Colors, NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ver. 6.14 The hard drives 111.79G Win XP Pro & 38.34G Data only are set as 'Masters' ATA100's on IDE 3&4 ports. The hard drive 28.63 is set up as a 'Master' with Linux SuSE 8.2 and sits on IDE1. IDE 2 is used to control a CD and a CDRW set as master and slave. My question: ;( Why will Linux NOT boot up with the ATA drives connected and powered?