SATA + IDE incompatible?

flawless · 23rd Feb 2006, 02:08 AM

This is my first post here, so hi to everyone.
Here goes my problem:
I have a new PC with GIGABYTE K8NMf-9 and AMD 3200+ with a 250GB SATA HDD. I partitioned the SATA HDD with the Gentoo Live CD and then installed Win XP on the first partition ( I will later install Gentoo for dual boot).
I also created a 160GB partition for data, formated as ext3.
I installed the EXT2IFS driver to access the ext3 partition from XP. I chose this solution so that I can share the data partition between the 2 OS.
Today I tried to add a 160GB IDE disk formated as FAT32 and full of files, but

no matter what configuration I tried the ext3 partition is inaccessible. It is either reported as "Unformatted" or there is a "?" on the disk in the explorer and the drive is not assigned a letter.

Does anyone have any ideas. I have tried IDE 1 master/slave, IDE 2 master/slave but nothing works. The IDE is working properly in all configurations.
regards,
flawless

peaz · 23rd Feb 2006, 10:50 AM

It sounds like XP does not recognise the partition. I doubt that there's an incompatibility problem between SATA or IDE as I've tried such configuration before.

Adrian Wong · 25th Feb 2006, 12:45 AM

Sounds like a problem with the EXT2IFS driver.

23rd Feb 2006, 02:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
flawless Newbie Join Date: 23 Feb 2006 Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	SATA + IDE incompatible? This is my first post here, so hi to everyone. Here goes my problem: I have a new PC with GIGABYTE K8NMf-9 and AMD 3200+ with a 250GB SATA HDD. I partitioned the SATA HDD with the Gentoo Live CD and then installed Win XP on the first partition ( I will later install Gentoo for dual boot). I also created a 160GB partition for data, formated as ext3. I installed the EXT2IFS driver to access the ext3 partition from XP. I chose this solution so that I can share the data partition between the 2 OS. Today I tried to add a 160GB IDE disk formated as FAT32 and full of files, but no matter what configuration I tried the ext3 partition is inaccessible. It is either reported as "Unformatted" or there is a "?" on the disk in the explorer and the drive is not assigned a letter. Does anyone have any ideas. I have tried IDE 1 master/slave, IDE 2 master/slave but nothing works. The IDE is working properly in all configurations. regards, flawless

23rd Feb 2006, 10:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
peaz ARP Webmaster Join Date: 13 Oct 2002 Location: http://atpeaz.placidthoughts.com/ Posts: 8,515 Reputation: 1673 Rep Power: 31	It sounds like XP does not recognise the partition. I doubt that there's an incompatibility problem between SATA or IDE as I've tried such configuration before. __________________ Ken Ng Tech ARP Visit my web gallery - Ken's Digital Canvas Shoot and Earn Money from Stock Photography Sterling@PJ Community Forums

25th Feb 2006, 12:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
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