I see. I already grabbed the original cables and after swapping them i connected it to the motherboard by the correct way. I'm still looking for my serial cable...
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <[email protected]> írta: >On 04/10/2017 09:03 PM, transmail wrote: >> So, it does matter, even with the 40 pin cables? > >Yes, it does matter. If you put the IDE controller in the middle of >the cable, the cable termination is wrong. > >> Just because it is impossible to put the longest part to the motherboard: >> the connector of the HDD and the DVD are too far apart. > >It should be possible. Just get an IDE cable that is long enough. I >have a cable in my Sun Blade 100 which is long enough so I can >connect it properly. It really doesn't make sense to continue trying >around with the cable connected improperly. > >Also, you should be booting over a serial console. Much easier to >record all output messages when the output goes to a different >machine. You can also use netconsole to send the output over the >network. > >Adrian > >-- > .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz >: :' : Debian Developer - [email protected] >`. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - [email protected] > `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913 > >
