[mdlug] Fixing a Dell Precision server

[Carl T. Miller]

David McMillan wrote:
> 	Well that was a molehill rather than a mountain.  On first boot, I went
> into the BIOS setting in order to set the (IDE) CD-ROM as a boot device.
>   And while cruising through the settings, under "Integrated
> Peripherals", guess what?  There was an entry for the mobo SCSI
> controller, and it was set to "Off."  Switched in "On," rebooted, and
> the whole shebang worked -- XP booted perfectly.  So it looks like, for
> whatever reason, a BIOS reset shuts off the SCSI controller on this
> model of workstation.
> 	I do appreciate all the responses, though.  I honestly thought this was
> going to be a bigger deal.

Very cool.  I'm glad to hear that it was something easy.

c