https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=371539
User epsilon@etmoonshade.net added comment
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=371539#c33
--- Comment #33 from Aaron Delp 2008-05-21 19:26:43 MST ---
Ding! 10 more points for Tejun. It just sat on its thumb when I connected the
older drive as the master, and booted with no problems when I disconnected it.
I totally forgot to twiddle with the cables back when you said "rewire it" the
first time.
Okay, so we've isolated the IDE slave as the problem here (Maxtor 200GB,
revision 3.AAD) - makes me wonder if this is a problem with the drive series,
or just my drive. Thing is, it detects and runs with no problems under windows
- no data corruption, no slowness in access - it runs most of my games and
applications, from '90s DOS games to stuff like Oblivion. >_>
One thing I did notice is that the BIOS pauses when it's dealing with the
drive, and Windows takes about 20 seconds between the system info display and
showing the XP splash screen. I kind of took it for granted before, since my
systems have pretty much -always- had some sort of idiosyncracy, but in
retrospect, it definately seems like an issue with the drive.
I guess technically the bug is closed, since we've established it as a hardware
issue, but do you have any suggestions on how to get it so it... well, doesn't
hang up like this?
And as a closer, I -do- appreciate the help in troubleshooting this.
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