Secondary Slave

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Hitachi Deskstar. All jumpers where set right (master,slave). I bet
cable select would of worked. I don't really have time to mess just
get it working =).

Thanks,

Jonathan


On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:58:47 -0600, Brian Densmore
<DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com> wrote:
> 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
> > 
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