[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: cdrom as slave
On Mon, 26 May 1997, Alexandre Khalil wrote:
> > 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.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 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.
this is VERY non-standard, some bioses seem to work with it most of the
time, others refuse altogether (slave without a master). please to move it
to first controller or a master pozitzia...
References: