I think ESP does not work with old IDE hard disks

I found an old IDE mounted on a silver colored Aluminium Case.
It had Old Debian 9 edition and Ubuntu Blackbox but decided to install Emmabantus leaving behind a FAT partition for GRUB.
It did not boot

Tried Ubuntu with ESP partition.
Did not boot again.
I resized the ESP and left about 300MB FAT partition and currently reinstalling Ubuntu.

I am hoping for it to work.
With SATA disk no problem.
By the way, my PC has an IDE as a save and it boots OK with ESP.

The old IDE gives a creaky noice when reding and writing.
I need absolute silence when working and if it failed to boot I keep as a souvenir, since I really like the casing.
It had at least 16 nuts to fix the IDE.

New SATA disk can be slotted in without nuts to a external case.
They do not make a noise, unlike rotating IDE disks.

Power consumption per memory unit is Hugh for IDE disks.

Refurbishing of old 32 bit with IDE disks is counterproductive.

Smaller units (both internal and external) with SSD disks save lot of money.

My PC's SSD is only 120GB and has been running over 10 years with Debian from Debian 9 to 11.

Debian 11 when doing (example downloading) goes into energy save mode automatically.
I rarely use my PC for Internet but use my cellphone for emails.

Running the PC for internet connectivity is an absolute waste of money.

I have had fires with Computers and TVs with cathode ray tubes in our house.

I dismantled 12 of my 14 computer network to save electricity bill in my retirement.

Even the telephone I use rarely now.

I tell my contacts to send me SMS, which cost less instead of giving me courtesy call on my birth day.

I still test Linux distributions and utilities.

Unlike Windows and Apple that consume lot of electricity Linux conversion save this planet from overheating.

Video Conferencing are counterproductive except perhaps  for UNO during a pandemic but they too, contribute to global warming.

Less computers we use and less Twitter and Facebook communication we use it is better  for the planet.

Instead of plant a tree or water plant, lilies or lotus is better for this planet.

Even though they grow in the mud, their flowers are beautiful and enticing.

The Guppy fish live among the bring down mosquito population almost to ZERO.

Keeping few Guppy fish and feeding them good for your heart.

Having being a pet fish man of yesteryear, I discourage exotic ones.

I have disposed all my fish tanks and no air compressor pumps.

Air compressor pumps also need red electricity.

Hot summer coming in soon, the mosquito menace, dengue and encephalitis cause more deaths than Coronavirus.