IDE disk problem

Pedro Fernandes Macedo webmaster at margo.bijoux.nom.br
Tue Apr 12 00:20:58 UTC 2005


Rick Stevens wrote:

> One spot is usually labled "MA" or "MS".  Putting a jumper on that makes
> the drive the master.  Another jumper spot will probably be labeled "SL"
> and putting the jumper there will make the drive the slave.  There's
> often a third spot, labeled "CS" (for "cable select").  Theoretically,
> you can put a jumper on there and the drive will figure out if it's to
> be a master or a slave.

Just to add something.. Some drives dont have anything marked at all 
close to the jumpers (I'm looking at a seagate disk right now), but they 
*usually* have an sticker over the disk with the meaning of the possible 
jumper placements.

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Pedro Macedo




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