XP on SATA RAID 0 and Kubuntu on IDE HDD

[Manni]

Re: XP on SATA RAID 0 and Kubuntu on IDE HDD

Hi Dibl, thanks for your reply.

My DVD drive is a SATA and the IDE cable is new, never been used before. I will swap the cable for one of the hundreds I have lying around, to make sure it's not that.

I’m sure the IDE is enabled in my BIOS. I’m not at home to check at the minute. I know my BIOS can see the drive as it is listed. It even shows the manufacturer.

I can’t remember why I have it as a spare drive though. It might be a faulty one I never got rid of. I will however try the CS on it. Are there any checks I can do to see if it’s in good nick? I have XP installed on that PC, but could also use any tools that came on the Kubuntu 8.10 live CD.

[dibl]

Re: XP on SATA RAID 0 and Kubuntu on IDE HDD

If your BIOS is not detecting the hard drive, then no OS is going to see it either.

FYI, here's a very handy tool for such adventures:

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=2020&cpc=RECOM

Keeps you from opening the case just to test a hard drive.

[Manni]

Re: XP on SATA RAID 0 and Kubuntu on IDE HDD

From what I can remember the BIOS does see the HDD. I will double check when I'm home.

I will also look into the link you sent. I could do with testing the HDD.