On 2006-03-28, Douglas Mayne <doug@slackware-3.localnet> wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:40:07 +0100, Ian Bell wrote:
>
>
> It seems like you are doing things right. These type of things can get
> frustrating.
>
> Did the second drive ever work or has this drive been recently
> added? What size is the new drive?
>
> Things to check:
> 1. Drive spins up.
> 2. Drive is jumpered correctly.
> 3. Drive cable is known good.
> 4. Drive is recognized by the motherboard/controller. BIOS set for LBA
> mode.
> 5. Drive is recognized by the kernel at boot.
>
> The next thing to do is swap drive positions temporarily. One way to do
> this is to replace your existing hard disk (either hda or hdb) and boot
> with a rescue cd.
>

Similar problems here for the last few days, as I read the OP's comments..my
cdrom can boot the install disk, but cannot see the cdrom when install time
comes.

Copied all the slack files to a second hard drive, installed the second hd,
mounted it manually, but setup insists it's not there though it's listed
when I df.

I suspect the OP's problems is bios centered as well as mine, but can't seem
to track down the bios issue.

ken