On Sunday 09 March 2003 10:23, zentara wrote:
On Sat, 08 Mar 2003 20:54:45 +0100
FX Fraipont <fxf@skynet.be> wrote:
Ray Poynter wrote:
Or did you mean that you replaced them on the second IDE with cable-select enabled?
Yup. No change to the hard drives: hdb slave of hda.
But changed cd reader and writer from master/slave to cable select/cable select.
I'm curious........ Why do people use cable/select? I've always had trouble unless I use the normal master/slave settings?
Not really sure - and like you I have always used the master/slave settings to avoid trouble. I think that it is mainly of use in manufacturers mass assembly lines where they can set the jumpers of all the drives to CS and so the people on the production line can just put them in the appropriate place in the box. No idea whether that is really true or not! Not sure if there are any other advantages. I have googled for info on this (in investigating my crashing problem) and there is lots of conflicting information out there! -- Ray