On 2007/09/30 15:01 (GMT-0700) Martin Rosenfeld apparently typed:

> When I attempt to use a PCI IDE Raid Controller Card I can no
> longer boot WIN2K from Boot Manager. Here is the configuration:

> IDE0  Master  C: (FAT16) windows boot.ini, etc.  D: WIN2K
> IDE0  Slave  (JFS) Boot Manager.  E: eCS 2.0 rc2

> SATA0 Master F: (JFS)
> SATA0 Slave  [None]

> The computer boots from IDE0 Master but sees BM on the slave 
> and gives me boot options including  WIN2K. If I were to boot 
> from IDE0 Slave and try select the Windows option from the BM 
> choices, I get a Windows boot error.

> If I connect another IDE drive to a plug in PCI IDE controller 
> and do the usual boot from IDE0 Master, and if I choose 
> Windows from the BM menu, I get a Windows boot error.

> Why does the plug in controller throw off something to cause 
> this error?

Check in your PC BIOS. In some a PCI IDE card is treated specially with
regard to onboard IDE, while in others it is treated as if it were a SCSI
host adapter. It may be that the BIOS is giving boot priority to it, and
needs to be set to not do that.
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