Re: boot secondary drive problem

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Thu Sep 24 1998 - 12:36:47 EDT

Jim..
what mfg. is the HDD..
toshiba or IBM..??

Jim Schneider wrote:

> I have a Thinkpad 770E with the 5gb primary drive. I have a 1.3gb
> secondary drive in a shell from thinkpads.com. If I put the 1.3gb drive
> in the ultrabay adaptor the system will not boot. If I leave the primary
> drive in, I get error 74 and hang. If I take out the primary drive I get
> an ascii draw screen showing hitting F1 because no boot device
> available.
>
> If I put this 1.3gb drive in the primary drive bay it boots fine, and if
> I put the 5gb drive in the ultra bay it also boots fine.
>
> To sum it up:
>
> The 5gb drive boots anytime anywhere
>
> The 1.3gb drive boots only in the primary drive bay, and only if the
> 5gb drive is not in the ultra bay.
>
> I have the drive jumpered for cable select too by the way. 

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