Re: boot secondary drive problem

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Wed Oct 07 1998 - 01:13:21 EDT

Jim..
better call me..
noon to 6pm florida time..
otherwise this could go on for a week or more.. :-)

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Jim Schneider wrote:

> Bill,
>
> The drive is an IBM DMCA-21440. During the time I had that drive out I tried
> to
> boot with the factory 5gb in the ultrabay and the primary bay empty. That
> also does not work for some reason.
>
> It seems as though I took that one apart to check the cable select jumper, and
> found that the connector on the factory ribbon cable covers all the pins so I
> can't change any
> jumpering on that one.
>
> Bill Morrow wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
> > --
> > Happy Trails...
> >
> > ** Bill Morrow ** :-)
> > WEB page http://thinkpads.com
> > Thinkpad User Community: http://thinkpads.com/enter.html
> > bill_at_thinkpads.com, morrow1_at_compuserve.com, morrow_at_treco.net
> > 770ED-5AU(8.1gig, 298meg),
> > 760ED(3.0gig, 104meg),
> > 701C(6.3gig, 40meg),
> > 755CE(no gig, 40meg),
> > 750C(no gig, 4meg),
> > IBM WorkPad(1meg) 

--
Happy Trails...

** Bill Morrow **   :-)
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Thinkpad User Community: http://thinkpads.com/enter.html
bill_at_thinkpads.com, morrow1_at_compuserve.com, morrow_at_treco.net
770ED-5AU(8.1gig, 298meg),
760ED(3.0gig, 104meg),
701C(6.3gig, 40meg),
755CE(no gig, 40meg),
750C(no gig, 4meg),
IBM WorkPad(1meg)

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