tscales Wrote: > Which should be master, if it matters? which connector on the IDE > cable, if you can recommend some setup stuff
It shouldn't really matter which device (CD/DVD/HDD) is set to master and which to slave. Most BIOS' these days allow you to set two discrete settings relating to bootup: - what device type to boot first ie floppy/usb/cddvd/hdd - once you've made the selection as to boot device you are then usually able to specify which cd/dvd or hdd to boot from - a necessary option if you have multiple cddvd's and/or hdd's. In older machines utilising ATA cables my experience would suggest that it is best to set the jumper on the device you wish to boot from as master and then make sure that it is the first device on the ATA cable, ie connected at the end of the ATA cable rather than via the connector inbetween the cable endpoints. The device connected via the 2nd connector (ie connector inbetween the cable endpoints) should be jumpeed as slave. -- egd ------------------------------------------------------------------------ egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26637 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
