| I understand your opinion Dilbert, however my experience in the field has shown that even a junk drive that has major boot sector problems will still TRY to boot, and do show up in the boot device list.  I found a friend at work this past Friday, and went over to test everything to make my mind at ease.  He has a TYAN board that he uses his SATA drive as a boot device.  We took out his drive and connected up mine, and the system booted. so now I atleast know that I can use the drive as a booter, just have to try your trick Dilbert.  Can you give me details on how to set it up that way?  I would appreciate it. 
				__________________"It is not that I have failed, but that I have found 10,000 ways that it DOESN'T work!" --Thomas Edison   |