Just a quick thought.  Have you verified that the DVD does not have to be
jumpered differently when a slave is attached?


>From: Kevin Nowicki <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: [PCBUILD] HP Colorado 8gb tape drive
>Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 17:58:04 EDT
>
>Dear Fellow Listers,
>
>Help!  I've installed an HP Colorado 8gb tape backup device.  Per the
>instructions I have it jumpered as slave on the secondary IDE channel.  DVD
>is master.
>
>On the primary IDE is the HDD 16.8g IBM.

{snip}

>Upon bootup, secondary slave is not detected.  In BIOS I have secondary
>slave
>set to auto.  Secondary master is detected as is primary master.
>
>Does BIOS need to detect the tape drive for it to work?  Win98 found it.
>How
>do I get BIOS to detect the tape drive?
>
>I really appreciate the help, I've been struggling with this for two weeks
>now.
>
>Kevin Nowicki


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