<span style="font-family: georgia;">Thanks Karl, Bruno and Mikkel for the replies.</span><br style="font-family: georgia;"><br style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I used this:</span><br style="font-family: georgia;">
<br style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812101120">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812101120</a></span><br style="font-family: georgia;">
<span style="font-family: georgia;">(I mean why do they sell those?!?!!)</span><br style="font-family: georgia;"><br style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">and this:</span><br style="font-family: georgia;">
<br style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812201002">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812201002</a></span><br style="font-family: georgia;">
<br style="font-family: georgia;"><br style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">-- </span><br style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Peter "Excalibur"</span><br>
<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/30/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Karl Larsen</b> <<a href="mailto:k5di@zianet.com">k5di@zianet.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Excalibur Xcalibur wrote:<br>> Please read below:<br>><br>> On 9/30/07, *Karl Larsen* <<a href="mailto:k5di@zianet.com">k5di@zianet.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:k5di@zianet.com">k5di@zianet.com</a>>>
<br>> wrote:<br>><br>> Excalibur Xcalibur wrote:<br>> > Hi All,<br>> > This is a rather unusual situation. I have a server<br>> running<br>> > fedora linux OS with a 650 Gb Seagate Barracuda Harddrive. Now I
<br>> > wanted to mirror the server with an identical harddrive. When I<br>> > plugged my new harddrive in, I got the message:<br>> ><br>> > "Reboot and select proper *boot* device or *insert boot media"
<br>> ><br>> > *It seems that because it's an identical harddrive (with not OS<br>> > though), the PC doesn't *see* which one is the correct boot<br>> harddrive.<br>> > Weird! If a plug a different harddisk than the one with
<br>> the linux OS,<br>> > they system boots up. Any clues on how to fix this problem? *<br>> ><br>> > *<br>> > --<br>> > Peter "Excalibur"<br>> I rather think the operator is confused. First you need to look at
<br>> what<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Well Karl you have to agree that this is confusing.:)<br>><br>><br>> your bios did to the original HD. Your results make me think your<br>> old HD
<br>> became another HD in the chain so it looks like /dev/sdb now when<br>> it was<br>> /dev/sda when alone in the computer.<br>><br>><br>><br>> Well yeah in a technical way.<br>><br>>
<br>> Look at what you bios has done. If these are both IDE drives make<br>> sure they are not on the same cable.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> They are SATA drives. And I only had some molex connectors around. So
<br>> I used a molex to SATA adapters to connect the drives.<br>><br>> As for the BIOS, it shows two identical drives connected. And they<br>> both have the same booting code.<br>><br>><br>> They might have been connected on the same molex cable extension. So
<br>> if I understand correctly, just placing them on totally different<br>> cable would solve the problem?<br>><br>><br>> --<br>> Peter "Excalibur"<br>Hi Peter, someone has been not letting my answer reach you. This time I
<br>send it to you direct.<br><br> First, you need to get real SATA Data Cables. I do not know how you<br>got your Molex cable to work. Also I have SATA and my book says that<br>only one HD per SATA cable! It can't work like the older IDE drives.
<br><br> So get the real cables and I think your problems will vanish.<br><br> And to the person who is killing my mail to this list, if your going<br>to use this than make it known so we all know some mail at your whim
<br>will disappear!<br><br><br><br>--<br><br> Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI<br> Linux User<br> #450462 <a href="http://counter.li.org">http://counter.li.org</a>.<br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all">
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