From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 00:02:08 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1137 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Sunday 03 July 2005 Number 1137 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: Partition corruption : Ed Durrant 2 Re: Partition corruption : Alan Duval 3 Re: Partition corruption : Mike O'Connor" 4 Re: Partition corruption : Dennis Nolan 5 Re: Partition corruption : Alan Duval **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 09:24:02 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: Partition corruption Alan Duval wrote: > Ed Durrant wrote: > >>> >> Another option may be to buy a low cost PCI EIDE adapter card install >> it, disable the EIDE controller on the motherboard and run from the >> EIDE card. This would work if the problem being cause by tightening >> the case is affecting the onboard EIDE controller or cables from it >> to your drives. >> > Hi Ed, > > Can 3 HD's and a DVD RW be run from a PCI EIDE adapter? > How does one disable the EIDE controller on the motherboard? Looking > at the motherboard layout in the manual for my ASUS P3V133 board I can > find no mention of an EIDE controller. > Regards, > > Alan > A PC usually has two EIDE (also perhaps referred to as ATA66, ATA33 or ATA100 ? or PATA ? in your manual). On these two ports you can support two devices a primary and a secondary. Hence a total of 4 devices. There are add in cards, I believe that can support 3 channels (hence 6 devices). I don't know your motherboard, however I would expect the ability to disable the onboard EIDE controllers would either be in the CMOS setup (most likely) or have a switch or jumper on the motherboard (less likely). The manual will tell you. Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 21:00:13 +1000 From: Alan Duval Subject: Re: Partition corruption Ed wrote >> > A PC usually has two EIDE (also perhaps referred to as ATA66, ATA33 or > ATA100 ? or PATA ? in your manual). On these two ports you can support > two devices a primary and a secondary. Hence a total of 4 devices. > There are add in cards, I believe that can support 3 channels (hence > 6 devices). > > I don't know your motherboard, however I would expect the ability to > disable the onboard EIDE controllers would either be in the CMOS setup > (most likely) or have a switch or jumper on the motherboard (less > likely). The manual will tell you. > Hi Ed, The only place I can see to disable the IDE control is in the BIOS. In the main menu it has Primary Master, Primary Slave, Secondary Master and Secondary Slave. The options for these are: None Auto User type HDD CD-ROM LS-120 ZIP-100 MO Other ATAPI Device So if I select None when a PCI EIDE adapter is installed will the adapter do the controlling? BTW should I have CD-ROM or OTHER ATAPI DEVICE selected for a DVD RW drive? Regards, Alan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 21:33:53 +1000 From: "Mike O'Connor" Subject: Re: Partition corruption Alan Duval wrote: > Ed wrote: > >> A PC usually has two EIDE (also perhaps referred to as ATA66, ATA33 >> or ATA100 ? or PATA ? in your manual). On these two ports you can >> support two devices a primary and a secondary. Hence a total of 4 >> devices. There are add in cards, I believe that can support 3 >> channels (hence 6 devices). >> >> I don't know your motherboard, however I would expect the ability to >> disable the onboard EIDE controllers would either be in the CMOS >> setup (most likely) or have a switch or jumper on the motherboard >> (less likely). The manual will tell you. > > Hi Ed, > > The only place I can see to disable the IDE control is in the BIOS. In > the main menu it has Primary Master, Primary Slave, Secondary Master > and Secondary Slave. > The options for these are: > None > Auto > User type HDD > CD-ROM > LS-120 > ZIP-100 > MO > Other ATAPI Device > > So if I select None when a PCI EIDE adapter is installed will the > adapter do the controlling? > BTW should I have CD-ROM or OTHER ATAPI DEVICE selected for a DVD RW > drive? Hi Alan, Setting type as AUTO should suffice. If not set as CD-ROM. Didn't you see my response that preceded Ed's? There is a setting on another BIOS screen that allows selective disabling of either or both onboard IDE controllers. -- Regards, Mike Failed the exam for -------------------- MCSE - Minesweeper Consultant and Solitaire Expert -------------------- [Please ZIP any attachments, other than GIF/JPG or plain-text] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 21:39:33 +1000 From: Dennis Nolan Subject: Re: Partition corruption Alan Duval wrote: > Ed wrote > >>> >> A PC usually has two EIDE (also perhaps referred to as ATA66, ATA33 >> or ATA100 ? or PATA ? in your manual). On these two ports you can >> support two devices a primary and a secondary. Hence a total of 4 >> devices. There are add in cards, I believe that can support 3 >> channels (hence 6 devices). >> >> I don't know your motherboard, however I would expect the ability to >> disable the onboard EIDE controllers would either be in the CMOS >> setup (most likely) or have a switch or jumper on the motherboard >> (less likely). The manual will tell you. >> > Hi Ed, > > The only place I can see to disable the IDE control is in the BIOS. In > the main menu it has Primary Master, Primary Slave, Secondary Master > and Secondary Slave. > The options for these are: > None > Auto > User type HDD > CD-ROM > LS-120 > ZIP-100 > MO > Other ATAPI Device > > So if I select None when a PCI EIDE adapter is installed will the > adapter do the controlling? > BTW should I have CD-ROM or OTHER ATAPI DEVICE selected for a DVD RW > drive? > > Regards, > > Alan > > > If they were set to auto then assuming reasonably recent equipment they should be set correctly Alan, I assume that you are using the dani drivers, if so put the /W switch which will show what the adapter is working as and will wait for you to read them The default location for the danis driver info is ?:\ecs\danis506\danis506.doc If you are using the IBM drivers, and for additional info on the danis drivers just type help ibm1s506 -- Howard's "Fair Dismissal" means it's fair for sleaze-bag bosses to sack anyone who rejects their sleazy gropings. How will you explain that to your daughter. Dennis Nolan ETU Shopsteward. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 23:05:23 +1000 From: Alan Duval Subject: Re: Partition corruption Mike O'Connor wrote: > > Hi Alan, > > Setting type as AUTO should suffice. If not set as CD-ROM. > Didn't you see my response that preceded Ed's? There is a setting on > another BIOS screen that allows selective disabling of either or both > onboard IDE controllers. > Hi Mike, Yes! Thanks for the suggestion. I think i've found it in the advanced page of the BIOS. Had missed it before. There is an entry: Local BUS IDE ADAPTER with the default - BOTH. The other options are: Primary Secondary Disabled I have DANI 506 installed and had a look at the switches. Now i'll have to get an adapter card and see whether it cures the problem. Thanks, Alan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------