[Re: slave->master]

[Jason Watson]

Don't forget cable select also (sometimes marked CS on the pc board of the
drive by the jumper pins).  I think Compaq and some other big PC mfr's use
this.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Pfaff" <pfaffben@msu.edu>
To: <linux-user@egr.msu.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Re: slave->master]


> 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.
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