how to add ide hd from pci controller?

[Robert Nagle]

Hi, I bought a third drive for a windows/linux boot machine.

From the primary IDE controller, Drive a is windows and drive b is for
linux.

However, hard drive C is part of a new IDE controller I installed on
a pci slot.

the bios detects drive C and the controller, and in linux I can view
the partition table/create one with cfdisk or fdisk for linux. This
drive is only for storage and backup, not for booting.

However, disk management option in XP doesn't allow me to see this
third drive. The new Promise IDe controller does show up on the Device
Manager. What do I need to do to allow XP to create a NTFS partition
or even to view the drive itself? Should I be using a command line
utility or booting from CD?


Also, on this third drive I plan to have three separate partitions,
one for linux backup, one for NTFS and one for linux. The backup
partition will be first because I won't be changing that partition.
But I fully expect to format/repartition these other two partitions
depending on my typical usage (video/sound editing).

Robert Nagle \
www.idiotprogrammer.com
Texas

[Gran Salseron]

You have to fdisk/format the drive just as you did with that other
operating system. Sorry, but I have my keyboard configured so
that it won't let me type the name of that other operating system.

Try to fdisk/format using a win98 startup diskette which can gbe
found here:

http://www.bootdisk.com


"Robert Nagle" > wrote in message
m...
> Hi, I bought a third drive for a windows/linux boot machine.
>
> From the primary IDE controller, Drive a is windows and drive b is for
> linux.
>
> However, hard drive C is part of a new IDE controller I installed on
> a pci slot.
>
> the bios detects drive C and the controller, and in linux I can view
> the partition table/create one with cfdisk or fdisk for linux. This
> drive is only for storage and backup, not for booting.
>
> However, disk management option in XP doesn't allow me to see this
> third drive. The new Promise IDe controller does show up on the Device
> Manager. What do I need to do to allow XP to create a NTFS partition
> or even to view the drive itself? Should I be using a command line
> utility or booting from CD?
>
>
> Also, on this third drive I plan to have three separate partitions,
> one for linux backup, one for NTFS and one for linux. The backup
> partition will be first because I won't be changing that partition.
> But I fully expect to format/repartition these other two partitions
> depending on my typical usage (video/sound editing).
>
> Robert Nagle \
> www.idiotprogrammer.com
> Texas


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[Robert Nagle]

> You have to fdisk/format the drive just as you did with that other
> operating system. Sorry, but I have my keyboard configured so
> that it won't let me type the name of that other operating system

So are you saying that you need to fdisk the partition into a
FAT16/32, format it, and then change it into NTFS with XP's user
interface? I thought there was an easier way.

rj Robert Nagle

Houston, Texas. (also from Houston, btw).






> http://www.bootdisk.com
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