Re: IDE disk problem

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On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 21:20 -0300, Pedro Fernandes Macedo wrote:
> Rick Stevens wrote:
> 
> > One spot is usually labled "MA" or "MS".  Putting a jumper on that makes
> > the drive the master.  Another jumper spot will probably be labeled "SL"
> > and putting the jumper there will make the drive the slave.  There's
> > often a third spot, labeled "CS" (for "cable select").  Theoretically,
> > you can put a jumper on there and the drive will figure out if it's to
> > be a master or a slave.
> 
> Just to add something.. Some drives dont have anything marked at all 
> close to the jumpers (I'm looking at a seagate disk right now), but they 
> *usually* have an sticker over the disk with the meaning of the possible 
> jumper placements.
> 

Some additional information.
If the cable used is a cable-select cable, and the drives are also
jumpered as master or slave, some systems will have instability.

In general, if the cable is cable-select, then jumper the devices as
cable select (CS).
> --
> Pedro Macedo
> 


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