[PLUG] Odd Installation Problem

[Dennis Newton]

I've been trying to install Linux (SUSE 8.0) on the 2nd IDE drive on one of
our machines.  We already have it running on another machine (SCSI drives)
and as the only system on a machine at my office (IDE drives). I've
installed many versions of Linux and FreeBSD over the years since the days
it was distributed on floppies.

On this one machine I keep running into a weird problem no matter what
release of Linux or FreeBSD I try to install.  The first time the system
reboots after the base installation there's screen full of "01 01 01" and
the machine locks up.  This happens whether I install LILO (or the BSD boot
program) on the boot drive or if I create a boot floppy.  It doesn't matter. 
Fortunately I can do a FDISK/MBR to restore the boot sector on the hard
disk. The weird thing is that it boots perfectly off the CDROM.

I've checked all the BIOS settings and can't find anything odd.  If the 2nd
disk is formatted for Windows, it works just fine.  The Linux or BSD
installation goes fine until the reboot.  I've moved the 2nd disk from one
controller to the other and from master to slave - no difference. I've even
tried a different disk - same problem.

Has anyone run into this?  Do you know of a fix?

Thanks, DennisN