hd won't show up.

[monami]

it installs and partitions but don't show on the desktop! it's a 2.3gb wd drive with 2 partitions about 1gb each. it's master on the 2nd channel with a cdrom as slave. the cd works it's os 3.9 with ide fix...

[monami]

"Make sure that the IDEfix program is run at the beginning of startup-sequence."

ha! yes i will look into that.

[monami]

idefix is mentioned in the startup sequence. the floppy ezide readme i have says add "c:idefix" after "c:setpatch quiet." "c:setpatch quiet" is not in there?

"In order to boot from a HD attached to your interface it must be connected to Channel 1, sometimes called the Primary Port or Channel."

i just want that one as a storage drive is that still ok. it is in a removeable drive bay and set to master. the cd rom on that chain is set to slave.

edit : no the hd is not there in the early start up menu. i installed and partitioned it and expected it to be on the desktop to format after reboot and nothing.

[monami]

well i went all through my startup sequence trying to find setpatch and didn't see c:idefix was already there as in your sequence.

i have checked the bootable box in hdtoolbox and in mounter it says fixed and ready. but it's not there on the desktop...

[monami]

i have 2 hd's on the 1st channel. i am keeping them small. the 1st hd is a 3gb drive the 2nd is a 6.4gb drive but only partitioned up 3.9gb. because all that other "over 4gb" stuff is too confusing and i don't want to risk losing anything. i still would like to add a bit more and so am using a removeable drive bay and a wd 2gb hd for storage. it's just odd whats going on...

ok i will do a test and see if it turns up on the other channel.

[monami]

ha ha! that got it. i did a swap around of the drives. it's formatting now. thanks. :-)

[monami]

i had an earlier thread but i can't find it now. where in the old config the 6.4 drive would not put the partition above 4gb on the desktop. now it's solved the rest of the drive shows on the desktop. but i am so confused. and getting more so. :crazy:

if i use os 3.9 and idefix am i ok to do what i like with big drives and be safe with them? help! i read you should only quick format drives over the 4gb barrier. this 6.4gb drive has 2 partitions of 1.9gb and last night i formatted the rest 2.1gb as it now shows up. i did a long format as i was curious if it would crap out on me. and all went ok. i copied files and filled the drive and rebooted. and everything is fine on all drives. is this expected behaviour? i'm confused.