Re: TI-H: IDE stuff

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Subject: Re: TI-H: IDE stuff
From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 18:03:03 -0800
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Sometimes the CD has to be master.  Only on certian CDROMs will work.

>Ideally, cd-roms should be on their own cable or with a zip drive.  If
>you want to have a cd-rom and a hd on the same cable, the hd should be
>master.  The problem is that the cd-rom will drastically slow the hd
>down.
>
>kaus wrote:
>>
>> While we are on the topic, i have a slight problem wiht my ide setup on my
>> computer
>>
>> I have 3 hard drives and a cd-rom drive i want to hookup.
>> all ide
>> i put the 2 harddrives on one ide cable. they work fine.
>> i put the cd-rom drive as master on the second cable, the 3rd hd as slave
>> the 3rd hd doesnt show up as a valid drive. bios sees it, but
>> win95/dos/linux dont
>>
>> i tried unplugging the cd-rom drive and using another ide hd for the master
>> in its place. that worked fine. all 4 hds worked.
>>
>> cant a cd-rom be a master over a hd?  does it have to be a slave?  can a
>> cd-rom only be by itslef on an ide cable?
>>
>> please.  I know this is slighty off topic, but you group of ppl are ht
>> emost qualified to answer it if anyone is.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> -Jonathan Kaus
>> kaus@cybrzn.com
>> jedsmeny@hotmail.com
>> jedsmeny on IRC  (DALNet or EFNet)
>> ICQ: 15973088 (jedsmeny)
>> AIM: Jedsmeny

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