[mythtv-users] [OT] Pundit IDE trouble

[George Herndon]

My apologies for the OT post, but I've wasted a fair amount of time on 
this, and can't find a decent Pundit support site.

I'm trying to configure my new Pundit MythTV box and have run into a 
major snag.....

As pundit users know, the box comes with only one IDE channel.  The IDE 
cable and drive config is such that IF using cable select, the DVD 
drive would be master and the HDD would be slave.  Cable select doesn't 
work for me, so i've tried drive select and set the DVD drive as master 
and the HDD as slave, with zero success.  I've tried HDD as master and 
DVD as slave with zero success.  In both case, the pundit shows the 
correct master device, but won't recognize the slave device.  I've seen 
success reports like 
http://www.mattmarsh.net/computing/pundit/hwinstall.shtml, and am 
wondering if i have a BIOS issue, a cable issue, or incompatible drives.

I'm using an NEC DVD rom circa 2000, a maxtor manufactured but GENERIC 
80 gig drive, and the IDE cable that came with the pundit.  The 80 gig 
drive is ATA-133.  Do I need an 80 pin cable?

Any feedback or help is appreciated.

Thx, Geo