Master/Slave Master- boot drive Slave- other drive
B.O' On Jan 7, 2004, at 9:30 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > If I add the new drive to the machine and configure it as cable select > or > slave does it matter which of the two drives is the startup drive? If > so, > then I need to configure the new drive as master or 0 and the original > drive as slave, 2 or cable select? Or both drives as cable select? > > BTW, the manual says the G4 does not work with Ultra ATA devices set > for > cable select mode. > > Harry > > Tuesday, January 6, 200411:01 PMLee Larsonleelarson at mac.com > >> On Jan 6, 2004, at 10:26 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: >> >>> If I get a new drive I'm going to install everything fresh. But I >>> gather >>> I shouldn't try to keep the old drive too? Why? >> >> There's no need to remove the original drive. >> >> I have a computer similar to yours, except mine is the G4/450 instead >> of the G4/400. Mine has three hard drives in it right now. Two of them >> are on the main hard drive controller and one of them is where you >> have >> a Zip drive. (I removed the Zip because I never used it.) >> >> Any standard 3.5 inch IDE (ATAPI) hard drive should work as a second >> drive on the main controller. If you're using the ribbon cable that >> came with your computer, be sure to set the jumper on the drive to >> cable select or slave because the first drive should be the master. >> >> I don't think the controller supports drives larger than 120 GB. I >> have >> two 80 GB drives on it right now, and it works fine. >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be January 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
