Here are some web resources for setting up IDE cable select. I found this information very helpful for installing multiple Mobile Racks on my computer systems. Using cable select I can switch drives from one bay to another or from one computer to another without having to worry about the IDE drive's master and slave settings. Did you know that all 80 pin IDE cables are already setup for cable select? The black connecter is master and the gray is slave, if you set your drive's jumpers to cable select they will automatically pickup the setting from the cable wherever they are plugged in. Even more good news: a drive jumpered as cable select will show up as master on a non-cable select older 40 pin ide cable, so you can swap a single drive with an older system without having to upgrade the cable.
I hope you find these links useful. Dexter Graphic IDE Hard Drive Configuration Using Cable Select http://www.storagereview.com/welcome.pl/http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCS.html Explanation of Cable Select Jumper on IDE Hard Drives http://www.firmware.com/support/bios/cablesel.htm Tech Tips - Using IDE Cable Select http://www.unixwiz.net/techtips/ide-cable-select.html
