Eric,

You have the right idea, but you are looking at it backwards.  The problem
is not that the WD doesn't like it...

The problem is that the MASTER setting tells the BIOS "I am the first of
two drives" so then the BIOS wastes time looking for the second one.

Jim Meagher
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-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Greenberg <[log in to unmask]>


>Posted and emailed.
>
>At 09:32 PM 3/6/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>After recently putting a system together, it takes approximately 1
minute to
>>run the POST.
>>
> I can't explain why, but if you take the
>jumper off of the drive, thereby setting it to be the only HD present, it
will
>boot just fine.  The WD does not like being set to master if it is the
only
>drive present.

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