Bootable CD has 2 be on IDE#1 as slave/master?

[Larry(LJL269)]

Currently my DVD-CD is slave on IDE#2 but a CD I know is
bootable is ignored. BIOS is set to ck Floppy>CD>HDD.

Your help is MUCH appreciated. Thanks- bye- Larry


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[Jim]

Currently my DVD-CD is slave on IDE#2 but a CD I know is
bootable is ignored. BIOS is set to ck Floppy>CD>HDD.

Your help is MUCH appreciated. Thanks- bye- Larry


Any advise given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS (Normally, Usually, Generally, Sometimes

I thought that it had to be master. It seems that your system confirms that
belief.
What happens when you change the DVD to be the master?
Jim

 

[Brett Michaels from Poison]

Change everything except your master drive to cable select.

Give that a shot!

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

Change everything except your master drive to cable select.

Give that a shot!

Greetings & thank you for your response.

All 3 r on CS- I know assignments from Device Mgr.

Comments/suggestions/corrections appreciated.
Thanks- bye- Larry


Any advise given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS (Normally, Usually, Generally, Sometimes

 

[Jim]

Greetings & thank you for your response.

All 3 r on CS- I know assignments from Device Mgr.

So, the DVD is a slave, and it is jumpered to be cable select. However, you
inserted the center connector of the cable into the DVD. That causes it to
be a slave.
If that is true, then you need to revise the cabling to make the DVD the
master.
Jim

 

[Ron Martell]

Currently my DVD-CD is slave on IDE#2 but a CD I know is
bootable is ignored. BIOS is set to ck Floppy>CD>HDD.

Your help is MUCH appreciated. Thanks- bye- Larry


Any advise given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS (Normally, Usually, Generally, Sometimes

It should work. I have two drives (CD and DVD) as master and slave on
the secondary IDE channel and I can use a bootable CD in either drive
with no problems.

Have you tested the bootable CD in another computer?

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm

 

[Anna]

Currently my DVD-CD is slave on IDE#2 but a CD I know is
bootable is ignored. BIOS is set to ck Floppy>CD>HDD.

Your help is MUCH appreciated. Thanks- bye- Larry

Greetings & thank you for your response.
All 3 r on CS- I know assignments from Device Mgr.

Comments/suggestions/corrections appreciated.
Thanks- bye- Larry

Larry:
What happens if you set your DVD drive as Master on the Secondary IDE
channel? You still can't boot to a bootable CD?

And there's no problem with the DVD drive detecting non-bootable CDs? You're
certain the CD is bootable, e.g., you've used an XP installation CD? Do you
get the "Press a key to boot from CD" message when you have a bootable CD in
the drive?

I take it there's no problem booting to a bootable floppy disk or your
working HD, right?
Anna

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

It should work. I have two drives (CD and DVD) as master and slave on
the secondary IDE channel and I can use a bootable CD in either drive
with no problems.

Have you tested the bootable CD in another computer?

Yes I have & 1 difference between that PC & mine is
I'm currently using PM's PQboot to boot from 2nd partition
on HD on IDE#1. 1st partition is HIDDEN.

Your help is MUCH appreciated. Thanks- bye- Larry


Any advise given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS (Normally, Usually, Generally, Sometimes

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

What happens if you set your DVD drive as Master on the Secondary IDE
channel? You still can't boot to a bootable CD?

Having CD as master over HD dont sound right. There r 12
possable combos which I'd hate to go thru 1 by 1!

And there's no problem with the DVD drive detecting non-bootable CDs? Nope
You're certain the CD is bootable, e.g., you've used an XP installation CD? Do you
get the "Press a key to boot from CD" message when you have a bootable CD in
the drive?

I'm sure-both boot on another PC with XP. 1 difference
between other PC & mine is
I'm currently using PM's PQboot to boot from 2nd partition
on HD on IDE#1. 1st partition is HIDDEN

I take it there's no problem booting to a bootable floppy disk or your
working HD, right?

Correct.

Your help is MUCH appreciated. Thanks- bye- Larry



Any advise given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS (Normally, Usually, Generally, Sometimes

 

[Plato]

Currently my DVD-CD is slave on IDE#2 but a CD I know is
bootable is ignored. BIOS is set to ck Floppy>CD>HDD.

First, set the bios to boot from CD first, not the floppy first.

If you have 2 cd rom drives in a pc, the pc will want to boot from the
first cd it finds in the bios.

In other words, if you have 2 cdrom drives on the same channel the pc
will only like to boot from the master.

Or, if you have 2 cdrom drives on different channels the first one the
bios sees will be the one you use to boot from a bootable cdrom disk. It
wont matter if both are slaves.

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

First, set the bios to boot from CD first, not the floppy first. I'll try that
If you have 2 cd rom drives in a pc, the pc will want to boot from the
first cd it finds in the bios.

In other words, if you have 2 cdrom drives on the same channel the pc
will only like to boot from the master.

Or, if you have 2 cdrom drives on different channels the first one the
bios sees will be the one you use to boot from a bootable cdrom disk. It
wont matter if both are slaves.

I have only 1 DVD+CD burner

Your help is MUCH appreciated. Thanks- bye- Larry


Any advise given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS (Normally, Usually, Generally, Sometimes

 

[David R. Norton MVP]

Currently my DVD-CD is slave on IDE#2 but a CD I know is
bootable is ignored. BIOS is set to ck Floppy>CD>HDD.

Can you set the DVD to master on IDE#2? I'm not sure that's the problem but
I've got my DVD drive as master on IDE2 and my DVD burner as slave on DVD 2.

My harddrive is alone on IDE1 but I have used a second harddrive on IDE1 as a
slave.

 

[Lil' Dave]

Just a note on the master setting everyone is promoting, it just might work.
Haven't seen your resulting reply on this compelling suggestion.

My PC is setup primary HD/HD, jumper settings are master/slave accordingly.
Secondary, LS120 optical floppy/DVD burner, master/slave accordingly. Boots
off A: on the LS120, boots CD on the DVD burner. I do not use cable select,
ever.

My DVD burner as many others, provide installation directions that say it
must be installed as the master. In my case, I found it to be false.
Yours, it just might be true.

Have seen no confirmation that the DVD burner of yours works in windows XP
with no discrepancies. Have not seen any information regarding the "master"
device on the same ide cable as your DVD burner. Have not seen any info
regarding the boot CD, that is, is it visible in XP itself if CDFS is
installed in addition to the boot part of it. I'm not guessing without more
info.

A boot manager has no effect on this mentioned on another reply of yours.
Its entirely on the hard drive.

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

It should work. I have two drives (CD and DVD) as master and slave on
the secondary IDE channel and I can use a bootable CD in either drive
with no problems.

EE friend says "when u mix CD & HD on same IDE, CD must be
slave on IDE1 or master on IDE2" for it to boot. This seems
to jive with all configurations that work 4 others.
Time 4 a test.

Comments/suggestions/corrections appreciated.
Thanks- bye- Larry


Any advise given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS (Normally, Usually, Generally, Sometimes

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

First, set the bios to boot from CD first, not the floppy first

Did that ONLY- had no effect.

Comments/suggestions/corrections appreciated.
Thanks- bye- Larry



Any advise given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS (Normally, Usually, Generally, Sometimes

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

Can you set the DVD to master on IDE#2? I'm not sure that's the problem but
I've got my DVD drive as master on IDE2 and my DVD burner as slave on DVD 2.

My harddrive is alone on IDE1 but I have used a second harddrive on IDE1 as a
slave.

Greetings & thank you for your response.

My EE friend says "when u mix CD & HD on same IDE, CD must
be slave on IDE1 or master on IDE2" for it to boot. This
seems to jive with all configurations that work 4 others.
Time 4 a test.

Comments/suggestions/corrections appreciated.
Thanks- bye- Larry

Any advise given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS (Normally, Usually, Generally, Sometimes

 

[David R. Norton MVP]

My EE friend says "when u mix CD & HD on same IDE, CD must
be slave on IDE1 or master on IDE2" for it to boot. This
seems to jive with all configurations that work 4 others.
Time 4 a test.

I'm not sure your friend is completely correct. I have my DVD ROM on IDE2 as
master and my DVD burner on IDE2 as slave and either will boot on a bootable
CD so the slave on IDE2 will boot.

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

I'm not sure your friend is completely correct. I have my DVD ROM on IDE2 as
master and my DVD burner on IDE2 as slave and either will boot on a bootable
CD so the slave on IDE2 will boot.

but u DONT have CD & HD on same IDE!

Thanks- bye- Larry


Any advise given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS (Normally, Usually, Generally, Sometimes

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

EE friend says "when u mix CD & HD on same IDE, CD must be
slave on IDE1 or master on IDE2" for it to boot.

2nd worked so didnt try 2st.
Thanks- bye- Larry


Any advise given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS (Normally, Usually, Generally, Sometimes

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

Currently my DVD-CD is slave on IDE#2 but a CD I know is
bootable is ignored. BIOS is set to ck Floppy>CD>HDD.

Your help is MUCH appreciated. Thanks- bye- Larry


Any advise given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS (Normally, Usually, Generally, Sometimes

EE friend says "when u mix CD & HD on same IDE, CD must be
slave on IDE1 or master on IDE2" for it to boot.

CD master on IDE2 worked so didnt try other combo.
Thanks 2 all posters 4 ur input
Larry

Any advise given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS (Normally, Usually, Generally, Sometimes