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Re: cdrom as slave
On Mon, 26 May 1997, Doron Zifrony wrote:
> > can i configure an atapi ide cdrom to work in linux as slave?
> Generally speaking (leaving Linux aside) not all the combinations of IDE
> disks and ATAPI CDs are legal. For example, a slave can't be configured
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> in itself on the same IDE controller without a master.
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I have a hard disk as hda, nothing as hdb and hdc and the CD-ROM drive
as hdd. The controller is the on-board circuit of my Tyan motherboard.
So, a master without slave on the first channel and a slave without
a master on the second channel.
alex
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