luth-astro{at}earthlink.net wrote:
 
> My mobo's onboard hard drive controller is on the fritz.  Someone highly
> recommended a Promise controller.  But it won't work straight up - it
> requires special drivers from a CD.
 
> Even with "Boot from CD" checked in my BIOS, POST stalls without the
> Primary Master.
 
> Catch 22?
 
Every HD requires a valid MBR to boot, regardless of controller type. My
Promise controller works just fine with DaniS506.ADD. A promise IDE
controller is considered by both the system BIOS and the OS to be a SCSI
device. If indeed the mobo controller is bad, you'll need to set the
BIOS to NONE for devices connected to it. If your BIOS is Award, do NOT
set it to boot from SCSI unless you do indeed want to boot from "SCSI",
AND you also have motherboard IDE enabled and set to something other
than NONE in the BIOS.
-- 
"For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities -- his
eternal power and divine nature -- have been clearly seen, being
understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse."
                                                Romans 1:20 NIV

 Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409

Felix Miata  ***  http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/partitioningindex.html



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