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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...


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