[Re: slave->master]

Ben Pfaff pfaffben@msu.edu
16 Apr 2001 14:29:19 -0400


Matt Graham <danceswithcrows@usa.net> writes:

> Paul_Melson@keykertusa.com wrote:
> > >I had a machine with two harddrives in it where the slave had Linux on 
> > it. The
> > >MBR had LILO on it. I removed the master. Booting therefore is a bit
> > >complicated.
> > >
> > >How do you turn a Linux slave drive into a Linux master drive? I tried 
> > changing
> > >/etc/fstab, moving it to master position, and setting the pins on the 
> > drive to
> > >master but the BIOS wouldn't be game to that. It stalled on detecting the
> > >drive.
> 
> If the BIOS stalled on detecting the drive, then it's obviously not an OS
> problem.  Did you make sure to change the jumper setting on the drive from
> "slave" to "master" when you plugged it into the master plug on the first IDE
> controller?  If the drive is jumpered as slave and plugged into the master
> slot, very weird things can happen.

Careful.  Some drives actually have three settings: master,
slave, and single.  Use master and slave only if there are two
drives on one cable, single if it's by itself.