First post, by Scythifuge
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Greetings,
I flashed my revision 1.04 Asus P2B with the last beta bios, in order to enjoy the 128GB hard drive limit, as I want to run everything form 1980-2000 on this rig, and to store as many disc images for mounting in Windows and DOS as possible, in order to avoid disc swapping.
I was running this system with a dual CF-IDE adapter with two 4gb cards, and everything was fine. I then ordered a CF-SD adapter and a 128GB SD card, as it is cheaper than a 128GB CF card. I was able to format the SD card with FAT32 and install Windows 98 SE on it.
However, if I have to reboot, the P2B gives me a "Primary Slave Hard Disk fail" error. If I reboot I get the same error. I have to power off and back on in order for the Slave card to be seen.
Needless to say, it is very annoying and fills the entirety of my being with the hot, fiery rage of 1,000 burning suns. I cannot catch a break with any of these retro projects.
I don't know if something happened to the adapter, or if there is an issue with the IDE and SD adapters working together, or if there is an issue with the adapter/SD card/the size....
Any ideas on what I could try? I may say screw it and buy a 128GB CF card, or try the SATA-IDE adapter route and put a couple of 128GB SSD drives in there and sell the extra parts...
Scythifuge