Secondary Slave

[Brian Densmore]

I've had problems with setups like this:

PM : HD
PS : CDROM
SM : none
SS : CDRW
[note this was by accident and I changed the
 jumper to make SS into SM to fix]

PM : HD
PS : none
SM : present but not detected
SS : CDRW
[I fixed this by moving the CDRW from SS to PS]

PM : HD
PS : none
SM : CDRW
SS : HD
[see above, also was able to fix by setting HD to 
 CableSelect mode]

I think the problems I had were due to a flaky HD.
So the short answer is: no it's not just you.
I think that some HDs are just flaky. What brand of
HD was it? Mine was either a Conner or Seagate or WD.
The PM being a Quantum Fireball. Of course it's also best
to *not* mix HD brands, or even oftentimes product lines.

Brian Densmore

> -----Original Message-----
> From: djgoku
> 
> Computer Setup:
> 
> Primary Master:     Hard Drive
> Primary Slave:       Nothing Present
> Secondary Master: Hard Drive #but no hard drive was presenting when
> trying to boot to cd.
> Secondary Slave:    DVD Player
> 
> I was trying to boot from the cdrom and it wasn't showing up in POST
> just the primary master hard drive. So I took the PM Hard drive out
> and just let the secondary boot by itself worked like a charm. I got
> it to work with the the below setup. Is this just me or does the bus
> not get scanned if a Secondary Master is present? Kinda weird I would
> think it would. This is probably the first time I have tried to boot
> from SM not present. Kinda weird though either way.
> 
> Primary Master:     Hard Drive
> Primary Slave:       DVD Player
> Secondary Master: Hard Drive 
> Secondary Slave:    Nothing Present
>