-----Original Message----- From: Rick Stevens <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 03:04:44PM -0800 To fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [Re: fedora install not finding /dev/hda] > Elliott Wilcoxon wrote: > > It's called "cable select" and it is one of the most evil things I've > ever seen. It works, oh, about 30% of the time and causes nothing but > grief the other 70% of the time. I HIGHLY recommend you DON'T use it. > Jumper to master or slave and if your BIOS doesn't like it, upgrade the > BIOS. Jumpering a drive that's the only thing on the bus as master > absolutely SHOULD work. > Just wanted to know, what is cable select? I have come across it but couldn't understand it ever. Since you mentioned it, it aroused my long dead curosity:) -- vikram... |||||||| |||||||| ^^'''''^^||root||^^^'''''''^^ // \\ )) //(( \\// \\ // /\\ || \\ || / )) (( \\ -- Thus My Computer Chittered : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Programmers get overlaid. -- _ ~|~ = Registered Linux User #285795