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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
                                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 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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