Heres an interesting HD question for you all

[CyberFed]

Ok I've got 2 HD's set up on removable mounts. One has windows xp on it, the other linux, when i put the windows drive in and boot the machine, boom no problems, when i put the linux drive in and boot the machine it will NOT detect the HD untill i power on/off the machine EXACTLY 3 times, after that it will see the HD and load linux fine.

1st thought somethings futzy with the removable mounts...nope if i connect the drives directly to my computer it still does it

2nd thought loose wires.....nope i jiggled,reconnected, rewired everything , still does it, even tried new fresh cables

whats interesting is the 2nd drive (linux) is actually an old 20 gig WD from my roomate, now it did the same thing for him, now he upgraded to a 80 gig (hense i got the old one) and his new one does it too, somehow im getting the impression his computer is damaging the HD's somehow, because the windows drive i have (granted i never use it anymore) has never been in his machine and like i said works just fine.

its not really a big deal i barely turn off my machine and when i do i just power off/on 3x and it will work fine, no erros on the drive nothing like that...i found this really weird and i figured i'de post to see if anyone can think of something i havent.

Thanks folks :cool:

[pik4chu]

dude, thats messed up..... wonder what your roomy's comp is doing to the drives.

[CyberFed]

thats what i keep asking myself

[stan03]

is it three times or is it a certain amount of time....? try that, and it might be something else? i had no idea lol

[CyberFed]

no i've waited for awhile and it sill doesnt do anything, it waits exactly 3 reboots (pwr off/on) then it will detect the HD...i told it was weird!