Thanks Peter. That's what I need to know. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > It's an IDE drive so it depends on how your primary boot drive is > configured, if it's configured as master then the second drive must be > configured as slave, if it's cable select then the second drive must be > configured as cable select. Almost all modern drives have a jumper > diagram right on the label on the drive itself, which is mostly self > explanatory. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've run out of hard drive space on all but my startup drive, so it's time > > to > add more. I have four firewire drives on my desk already, and I still have an > empty second drive bay in my dual 1.25 G4 Mac. So I bought a 750 gig IDE > ATA-6 > Seagate Barracuda, and I'm going to install it internally in the top half of > the > lower drive bay. ($138 at 4allmemory.com). Do I have to do anything to > configure > the new drive so the Mac knows it's not the startup drive? I saw some mention > of > "jumpers" in an on line article, but it wasn't clear. I'm hoping someone here > can tell me if I need to do any more than screw it into the bay and connect > it > to the second ribbon plug. > > Paul > > > > > > > -- > Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... > -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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