[nmglug] CDROM, Wheredit go?

[a_kaluta]

>From Anthony Kaluta
"IDE interface"?-do not know if I am in the correct place
I am; by pressing F2 at boot prompt > Advanced >Secondary IDE Master > Enter 
brings up Device: not detected,however, sans pop up nor locate  "autodetect"

Karl wrote
> BIOS at all, since it would probably be the master device on the second
> IDE interface.  Try selecting it and from the menu that pops up, select
> "autodetect".  It should find it then.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl Hegbloom" <karlheg at laclinux.com>
To: "NMGLUG.org mailing list" <nmglug at nmglug.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 10:35 PM
Subject: Re: [nmglug] CDROM, Wheredit go?


> On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 13:13 -0600, a_kaluta wrote:
>> Looking at  "Bios Setup Utility"  "Advanced" Primary IDE Master" is 
>> detected
>> "Secondary IDE Master" not detected.
>
> IIRC, that is a laptop?  It looks like the CD is not detected by the
> BIOS at all, since it would probably be the master device on the second
> IDE interface.  Try selecting it and from the menu that pops up, select
> "autodetect".  It should find it then.
>
> If the BIOS does not see the device, it's probable that Linux will not
> see it either.
>
> -- 
> Karl Hegbloom <karlheg at laclinux.com>
> Los Alamos Computers, Technical Support
>
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