In article <1992Dec23.063459.8105@phcomgw.seri.philips.nl>, klomp@nlsce1.seri.philips.nl (Ernst Klomp) writes:
> I recently installed a second harddisk. But lately I get the next problem:
> "Cannot find drive d:". The only thing to do is reset (and data is lost).
> The second harddisk is a SEAGATE ST3144 (130 M) and installed as a slave (IDE). Both disks are known in the BIOS (AMI) as user types. If I recall corectly,
> there have been similar problems put on the net, but I don't have the solutions
> for this problems. Can somebody help me with this NUISANCE.
I had a similar problem with AMI BIOS. Setting the scratch RAM option to 2
resolved the problem. Apparently setting 1 does not allocate enough RAM for
two drive descriptors and the second is periodically overwritten.