Secondary Slave

[djgoku]

LOL, funny a friend of my hot swapped my cd-rw drive... I don't think
it works like it used too.


On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:09:03 -0600, djgoku <djgoku at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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