abferm Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Hi I recently decided I wanted to try setting up a home linux server using an old pc that has been sitting around forever. So, I hooked it up. the hard drive was making horrible sounds so I knew it was bad. Luckily I had a 40GB drive in my closet. I stuck it in the machine and installed Ubuntu Server on it, but it wont boot because the motherboard is so old it wont recognize my 40 GB. I was wondering if there is any way I could write a floppy or CD that would boot the file system on the hard drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 If you managed to install Ubuntu the hard disk must, at least, have been recognized by the motherboard. Is the boot priority set correctly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abferm Posted June 18, 2010 Author Share Posted June 18, 2010 (edited) yes, but the motherboard doesn't recognize any drives when I try to auto configure the hard drives Edited June 18, 2010 by abferm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 (edited) As Sparda said. If the motherboard isn't recognizing it, there is only a few possibilities. 1) you just broke your Motherboard connector 2) The drive is dead 3) bad cable 4) Jumper settings on the hard drive Your motherboard should recognize something is there.. even if it cannot identify it. Edited June 18, 2010 by Mr-Protocol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iisjman07 Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Are you sure that the 40gb drive is functioning correctly? There may have been reason behind it being in the closet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abferm Posted June 18, 2010 Author Share Posted June 18, 2010 (edited) jumper is set to master. When I do an auto configure from the bios it shows a hard drive, but all the values are 0. Ubuntu saw all 40 GB of space so I don't think anything is broken. Edited June 18, 2010 by abferm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 (edited) Then you may need to update the BIOS if possible. Good luck finding support for that old technology. Wait.. now I'm confused... Is this one system with a Ubuntu drive in it already? and you are adding a second drive? Edited June 18, 2010 by Mr-Protocol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abferm Posted June 18, 2010 Author Share Posted June 18, 2010 (edited) The 40 GB was in the closet because I had been using it to run Windows 7 beta on my main PC, but I took it out to free up an IDE port. This is the only hard drive in the machine I am trying to set up as a server. The motherboard is so old that it has two simm slots in it. When I referred to Ubuntu seeing the space I was talking about during the installation process. Edited June 18, 2010 by abferm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 If everything else fails, buy a mini-ATX or ATX motherboard. They are pretty cheap nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abferm Posted June 22, 2010 Author Share Posted June 22, 2010 but isn't there some way to make a boot managing disk,like a grub loader or something, that will use the file system on the hard drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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