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 >
