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Date:	Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:29:47 -0700
From:	Tom Brown <thombrown@san.rr.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Installation error on eCS 2.0 Beta 4

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Steven Levine wrote:
> In <462B005D.7070302@san.rr.com>, on 04/21/07
> at 11:27 PM, Tom Brown said:
>
>> There is also a diskette drive. If the SATA drive is included, it seems
>> to get confused. It looks for something for about 5-10 seconds, then
>> says that it can't find an OS. I currently have the boot order set to:
>
> Since you are mixing SCSI and (S)ATA, you need to make sure the SCSI
> drivers load first.
>
>> If I include the SATA DVD burner, it won't boot.
>
> When does it fail. Before or after bootmanager?

Before. It looks like the BIOS is looking for a boot device, and doesn't
find one. It will find a CD or DVD in the sata drive, but not finding
anything there, it doesn't go to SCSI for some reason. I will try some
more testing later this week or on the weekend...

--
Tom Brown, Catherder
thombrown at san dot rr dot com
Member SCOUG, V.O.I.C.E., & SDAA

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