On Jul 16, 2010, at 12:35 PM, Jim Scott wrote: > > On Jul 16, 2010, at 12:22 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > > > I just installed two identical optical drives in my MDD, and when I go up to > the menu and click on "eject" the machine only recognizes one drive (because > they're both identical) How can I have control over each one individually? > how can I make the hdd see them differently? Jeff > > Set one as master, the other as slave. Usually, the drive at the end of the > cable is set as master.
No, this is bad information. John Carmone is correct, you hold the option key down to eject the other drive. (this also works with the 'eject' key as well as the eject menu option) If the drives are recognized at all without setting those jumpers, the bus is a cable-select one, and the system *already knows* which is master and which is slave; if the cable select option was NOT working, the drives wouldn't appear to the computer until the jumpers were set. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
