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On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 14:54:03 +0200 gumb gumb wrote:
I'm not totally clear from this whether your machine recognizes both the IDE and SATA disks at the same time. By that I don't mean from within either installation, but at a basic level in the BIOS or if booting with a CD for example.
I've had a couple of machines with mixed IDE/SATA connections. One explictly states in the manual that you can only use one mode or the other, not both. The other had a badly translated and detailed manual and I recall having problems when I tried using both at the same time, so I assumed I'd just have to go all SATA. In fact, when repurposing the machine a year or two later I discovered it was possible, but something in the BIOS needed changing. I forget what exactly, though I think I needed to set the Primary / Secondary masters manually and not use 'Auto' mode. I've a feeling there was one other thing that also needed changing.
gumb
This was exactly my thinking. There are several paragraphs discussing the IDE / SATA / SATA II BIOS settings in the manual. I'm not sure if this is the correct / latest revision, but it's probably a good place to start: ftp://download.asrock.com/manual/939Dual-VSTA.pdf -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org