PC bios confused in which harddrive to boot fedora OS: Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media!

[Excalibur Xcalibur]

Thanks Karl, Bruno and Mikkel for the replies.

I used this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812101120
(I mean why do they sell those?!?!!)

and this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812201002


-- 
Peter "Excalibur"

On 9/30/07, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>
> Excalibur Xcalibur wrote:
> > Please read below:
> >
> > On 9/30/07, *Karl Larsen* <k5di at zianet.com <mailto:k5di at zianet.com>>
> > wrote:
> >
> >     Excalibur Xcalibur wrote:
> >     > Hi All,
> >     >           This is a rather unusual situation. I have a server
> >     running
> >     > fedora linux OS with a 650 Gb Seagate Barracuda Harddrive. Now I
> >     > wanted to mirror the server with an identical harddrive. When I
> >     > plugged my new harddrive in, I got the message:
> >     >
> >     > "Reboot and select proper *boot* device or *insert boot media"
> >     >
> >     > *It seems that because it's an identical harddrive (with not OS
> >     > though), the PC doesn't *see* which one is the correct boot
> >     harddrive.
> >     > Weird! If a plug a different harddisk than the one with
> >     the  linux OS,
> >     > they system boots up. Any clues on how to fix this problem? *
> >     >
> >     > *
> >     > --
> >     > Peter "Excalibur"
> >     I rather think the operator is confused. First you need to look at
> >     what
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Well Karl you have to agree that this is confusing.:)
> >
> >
> >     your bios did to the original HD. Your results make me think your
> >     old HD
> >     became another HD in the chain so it looks like /dev/sdb now when
> >     it was
> >     /dev/sda when alone in the computer.
> >
> >
> >
> > Well yeah in a technical way.
> >
> >
> >         Look at what you bios has done. If these are both IDE drives
> make
> >     sure they are not on the same cable.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > They are SATA drives. And I only had some molex connectors around. So
> > I used a molex to SATA adapters to connect the drives.
> >
> > As for the BIOS, it shows two identical drives connected. And they
> > both have the same booting code.
> >
> >
> > They might have been connected on the same molex cable extension. So
> > if I understand correctly, just placing them on totally different
> > cable would solve the problem?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Peter "Excalibur"
> Hi Peter, someone has been not letting my answer reach you. This time I
> send it to you direct.
>
>     First, you need to get real SATA Data Cables. I do not know how you
> got your Molex cable to work. Also I have SATA and my book says that
> only one HD per SATA cable! It can't work like the older IDE drives.
>
>     So get the real cables and I think your problems will vanish.
>
>     And to the person who is killing my mail to this list, if your going
> to use this than make it known so we all know some mail at your whim
> will disappear!
>
>
>
> --
>
>         Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
>         Linux User
>         #450462   http://counter.li.org.
>
>
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