Subj : BACK IN BUSINESS
To   : Wayne Chirnside
From : Howie Coombe
Date : Mon Jan 31 2005 12:29 am

Dear Wayne, in regards to this Old Message to Martin Atkins.

 > -> -> WC> I DID however manage to _start_ the process of installling 

 > -> -> Wrong OEM for that machine?

 > -> WC> Nope, original software complete with registration keys. Seems the

 > -> Are you saying you are trying to install an OEM to a slave drive? I am

 > -> WC> Problem is the software is on CD and the Promise card lacks ATAPI

 > -> That's even worse. You are trying to install an operating system on IDE 
   
 >  /dev/hde is the ONLY drive in the machine and jumpered master.


Which explains a few things.

 > It is seen as third primary channel due to the fact I need to enable IDE     
> channel zero and 1 on motherboard I/O to access the CD-ROM.


Aha.

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