[wplug] lost partition table

[Rafael E. Herrera]

coldfire wrote:
> the quick story .. i bought a new motherboard and a new hard disk .. i
> swapped all of my periphs over to the new motherboard and started playing
> quake 3 when i realized, why not install the new hard disk too?  so i
> plugged in the new hard disk and set it to be the primary master.  i set
> my old drive to be the primary slave.  i booted off of some linux 2.4.18
> boot disks i had, only to witness that my old drive no longer had a
> partition table!
> 
> i've tried setting it back to the primary master, and even plugged it back
> into the old motherboard (suspecting geometry changes in the bios).  still
> not bootable, still no partition table.  i was just wondering if anyone
> has recovered from such a situation .. or knows how to :)  let me know,
> thanks

Make sure your jumper settings for your old drive are set properly. New 
drives are usually set from the factory as masters.

Try just connecting the old drive by itself.

-- 
      Rafael