J. T. Farmer sat at his 'puter and typed on 10/1/2005 23:24:
> Subhro wrote:
>
>> Sebastian Holmqvist sat at his 'puter and typed on 10/1/2005 17:45:
>>
>>> Running the latest BIOS version yes. Also running Fail safe options
>>> with the exception on that I've but the cdrom on first boot device.
>>> The cable setup is IDE1 <- HD0 (M) <- Cdrom (S). So yes, they're on
>>> the same cable with manual M/S-setup.
>>>
>>> // Sebastian Holmqvist
>>>
>> Great. FreeBSD, unlike Linux and Windowz is very very fusy about
>> hardware. As per the IDE specs, the master drive should always be at
>> the end of the cable. The middle is occupied by the slave drive,
>> which is not your case. For a start, I would try fixing that. Also it
>> is recommended not to mix drive types on a single bus. Therefore it
>> would be highly recommended to move the optical drive to the
>> secondary bus. Also do not rely on CS. Ecplicitly jumper them as
>> master and slave.
>
>
> Actually, my understanding of the specifications is that the only time
> you are required to place the master at the end of the cable is when
> it is the only device in the chain. If there are two devices in the
> chain,
> then either can be Master and provide the timing for both.
>
> John
>
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Hello John,
Unfortunately that is not correct. Just for an experiment, put both the
drives in CS and boot the system. Then try to find out which becomes the
master. I know CS is not reliable, but still...
The matter is of the IDE specifications which remains constant
irrespective of the number of drives on the bus.
Thanks
S.
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