Re: [cobalt-users] cube 3 hard disk replacement

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, peter williams wrote:
>
> I received a message from the cube that the primary hard disk had
> failed. So I follwed the instructions and replaced the primary disk with
> a matrox 20g disk and hey presto all was fine. However the cube now
> informs me that the secondary drive has failed. I have tried to replace
> with a 20gb Seagate disk (in fact I have tried 3 to date)and in each
> case the cube keeps going round it's boot cycle saying "loading Kernel"
> in the LCD display, then the Cobalt icon and "loading kernel" again. I
> am at a loss to understand why these disks will not work, when in fact I
> had the latest one tested and it is fine........all and any thoughts
> greatly appreciated

Sounds like it is trying to boot off the new drive.
Try swapping the IDE cables.

Gerald
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