Anyone know how I need to set the BIOS in order to
get my system to boot from the 120 GB HDD that
is "not" connected to the Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card?


"Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> wrote in message news:...
> Using the Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card,
> how do I set the BIOS in order to boot from the 250 GB drive?
>
>
> Here's what's "currently" installed:
>
> OS: Windows 98 SE
> Motherboard: Asus A7V133 (rev "1.05." with Award BIOS 1009)
> HDD (PriMastr): Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 - ST3120026A - ATA100 - 120 GB - 7200
RPM
> CD-RW (2ndMastr): Lite-On 52x24x52x (LTR-52246S)
> DVD-ROM (2ndSlave): Pioneer 16x DVD-116 (40x for CD-ROM)
> Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card connected to ...
> HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 - ST3250620A - ATA100 - 250 GB - 7200 RPM
>

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Adam <adam@no_thanks.com> wrote:
> Anyone know how I need to set the BIOS in order to
> get my system to boot from the 120 GB HDD that
> is "not" connected to the Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card?


You need to set this in the Maxtor card's BIOS, or
convince it in some other way to not boot from a disk
connected to it. One thing you can try is to set
all partitions on the Maxtor controler attached disks
to non-active. (Under Linux, ''fdisk'' does this.
Maybe windows fdisk can do this as well?)

Under Windows typically only the first partition on
a disk is active and AFAIK windows requires its boot
partition to be active.

The reason why you cannto do this in the board BIOS is that
the controller BIOS can override the board BIOS on
this.

I think having no active partition will not cause
the controller to stop booting from disks, but the
MBR code will conclude the disk is unbootable and
the overall process will continue, giving boot device
selection back to the main BIOS.

Arno


> "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> wrote in message news:...
>> Using the Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card,
>> how do I set the BIOS in order to boot from the 250 GB drive?
>>
>>
>> Here's what's "currently" installed:
>>
>> OS: Windows 98 SE
>> Motherboard: Asus A7V133 (rev "1.05." with Award BIOS 1009)
>> HDD (PriMastr): Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 - ST3120026A - ATA100 - 120 GB - 7200
> RPM
>> CD-RW (2ndMastr): Lite-On 52x24x52x (LTR-52246S)
>> DVD-ROM (2ndSlave): Pioneer 16x DVD-116 (40x for CD-ROM)
>> Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card connected to ...
>> HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 - ST3250620A - ATA100 - 250 GB - 7200 RPM
>>

Adam wrote in news:c7VGj.22775$(E-Mail Removed)
> Anyone know how I need to set the BIOS in order to
> get my system to boot from the 120 GB HDD that
> is "not" connected to the Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card?

You set it back to whatever was the setting that prompted you to the first question.

>
>
> "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> wrote in message news:...
> > Using the Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card,
> > how do I set the BIOS in order to boot from the 250 GB drive?
> >
> >
> > Here's what's "currently" installed:
> >
> > OS: Windows 98 SE
> > Motherboard: Asus A7V133 (rev "1.05." with Award BIOS 1009)
> > HDD (PriMastr): Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 - ST3120026A - ATA100 - 120 GB -
> > 7200 RPM CD-RW (2ndMastr): Lite-On 52x24x52x (LTR-52246S)
> > DVD-ROM (2ndSlave): Pioneer 16x DVD-116 (40x for CD-ROM)
> > Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card connected to ...
> > HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 - ST3250620A - ATA100 - 250 GB - 7200 RPM

Actually, after trial and error, it came to light that
changing the boot sequence ...
("IDE Hard Drive" before "Other Boot Device") in the BIOS worked.


"Arno Wagner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Adam <adam@no_thanks.com> wrote:
> > Anyone know how I need to set the BIOS in order to
> > get my system to boot from the 120 GB HDD that
> > is "not" connected to the Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card?
>
>
> You need to set this in the Maxtor card's BIOS, or
> convince it in some other way to not boot from a disk
> connected to it. One thing you can try is to set
> all partitions on the Maxtor controler attached disks
> to non-active. (Under Linux, ''fdisk'' does this.
> Maybe windows fdisk can do this as well?)
>
> Under Windows typically only the first partition on
> a disk is active and AFAIK windows requires its boot
> partition to be active.
>
> The reason why you cannto do this in the board BIOS is that
> the controller BIOS can override the board BIOS on
> this.
>
> I think having no active partition will not cause
> the controller to stop booting from disks, but the
> MBR code will conclude the disk is unbootable and
> the overall process will continue, giving boot device
> selection back to the main BIOS.
>
> Arno
>
>
> > "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> wrote in message news:...
> >> Using the Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card,
> >> how do I set the BIOS in order to boot from the 250 GB drive?
> >>
> >>
> >> Here's what's "currently" installed:
> >>
> >> OS: Windows 98 SE
> >> Motherboard: Asus A7V133 (rev "1.05." with Award BIOS 1009)
> >> HDD (PriMastr): Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 - ST3120026A - ATA100 - 120 GB -
7200
> > RPM
> >> CD-RW (2ndMastr): Lite-On 52x24x52x (LTR-52246S)
> >> DVD-ROM (2ndSlave): Pioneer 16x DVD-116 (40x for CD-ROM)
> >> Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card connected to ...
> >> HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 - ST3250620A - ATA100 - 250 GB - 7200 RPM
> >>
>

Yes, it took me some time to remember what the settings were. ;-)


"Stretch" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:47ec333c$1$13876$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Adam wrote in news:c7VGj.22775$(E-Mail Removed)
> > Anyone know how I need to set the BIOS in order to
> > get my system to boot from the 120 GB HDD that
> > is "not" connected to the Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card?
>
> You set it back to whatever was the setting that prompted you to the first
question.
>
> >
> >
> > "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> wrote in message news:...
> > > Using the Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card,
> > > how do I set the BIOS in order to boot from the 250 GB drive?
> > >
> > >
> > > Here's what's "currently" installed:
> > >
> > > OS: Windows 98 SE
> > > Motherboard: Asus A7V133 (rev "1.05." with Award BIOS 1009)
> > > HDD (PriMastr): Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 - ST3120026A - ATA100 - 120 GB -
> > > 7200 RPM CD-RW (2ndMastr): Lite-On 52x24x52x (LTR-52246S)
> > > DVD-ROM (2ndSlave): Pioneer 16x DVD-116 (40x for CD-ROM)
> > > Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card connected to ...
> > > HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 - ST3250620A - ATA100 - 250 GB - 7200
RPM

Set to default?

"Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> wrote in message
news:raYGj.454$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Yes, it took me some time to remember what the settings were. ;-)
>
>
> "Stretch" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:47ec333c$1$13876$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Adam wrote in news:c7VGj.22775$(E-Mail Removed)
>> > Anyone know how I need to set the BIOS in order to
>> > get my system to boot from the 120 GB HDD that
>> > is "not" connected to the Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card?
>>
>> You set it back to whatever was the setting that prompted you to the
>> first
> question.
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> wrote in message news:...
>> > > Using the Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card,
>> > > how do I set the BIOS in order to boot from the 250 GB drive?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Here's what's "currently" installed:
>> > >
>> > > OS: Windows 98 SE
>> > > Motherboard: Asus A7V133 (rev "1.05." with Award BIOS 1009)
>> > > HDD (PriMastr): Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 - ST3120026A - ATA100 - 120
>> > > GB -
>> > > 7200 RPM CD-RW (2ndMastr): Lite-On 52x24x52x (LTR-52246S)
>> > > DVD-ROM (2ndSlave): Pioneer 16x DVD-116 (40x for CD-ROM)
>> > > Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card connected to ...
>> > > HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 - ST3250620A - ATA100 - 250 GB -
>> > > 7200
> RPM
>

No, set to the setting before the following change ...

> >> > > Using the Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card,
> >> > > how do I set the BIOS in order to boot from the 250 GB drive?


"old man" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Set to default?
>
>
> "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> wrote in message
> news:raYGj.454$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Yes, it took me some time to remember what the settings were. ;-)
> >
> >
> > "Stretch" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:47ec333c$1$13876$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Adam wrote in news:c7VGj.22775$(E-Mail Removed)
> >> > Anyone know how I need to set the BIOS in order to
> >> > get my system to boot from the 120 GB HDD that
> >> > is "not" connected to the Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card?
> >>
> >> You set it back to whatever was the setting that prompted you to the
> >> first
> > question.
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> wrote in message news:...
> >> > > Using the Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card,
> >> > > how do I set the BIOS in order to boot from the 250 GB drive?
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Here's what's "currently" installed:
> >> > >
> >> > > OS: Windows 98 SE
> >> > > Motherboard: Asus A7V133 (rev "1.05." with Award BIOS 1009)
> >> > > HDD (PriMastr): Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 - ST3120026A - ATA100 - 120
> >> > > GB -
> >> > > 7200 RPM CD-RW (2ndMastr): Lite-On 52x24x52x (LTR-52246S)
> >> > > DVD-ROM (2ndSlave): Pioneer 16x DVD-116 (40x for CD-ROM)
> >> > > Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card connected to ...
> >> > > HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 - ST3250620A - ATA100 - 250 GB -
> >> > > 7200
> > RPM
> >
>
>