I would like to thank all who have given me their well thought of advice..
The machine was set up to only use the HD as the only boot device all of the
IDE controllers were disabled via the bios.  It was something that was
sitting right there in the Main Bios screen I have never seen a system that
had this setting so I think in my vanity overlooked it. So my one peice of
advice is to look look  look and look again sometimes the obvious isnt as
obvious.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Gillett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 12:33 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Refurbished systems


>   All of the SCSI controllers I've worked with identify themselves
on-screen
> during the boot process.  Some offer access to built-in configuration and
> diagnostic utilities at that point; others may need software from a DOS
boot
> floppy or perhaps adjustment of jumpers.
>
>   Can you identify the specific controller cards/chipsets and drive
models?
>
> David Gillett
>
>
>
> On 3 Dec 2003 at 10:54, John Hudson wrote:
>
> > I usually build new systems and repair older ones.  I have had a few
> > requests for a basic get online check email burn a cd type machine.  As
> > M.Sawyer said in a an earlier post most dont want to by used.  Well my
> > customers have indicated that they want to so i bought a few 15 off
lease
> > systems and all of them have scsi hard drives in them pentium 2 350 mhz
64
> > megs of ram all i had to do is ad cd and os and they are out the door in
> > theory. Heres the catch I have never had any luck installing an os onto
a
> > system that has a a scsi drive this particular system does not read the
HD
> > or cd rom which will pick up in my non scsi machine.  Any Ideas as to
how I
> > can get this white elephant to get out of the door
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > John Hudson
> >
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