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Re: cdrom as slave



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> can i configure an atapi ide cdrom to work in linux as slave?
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This depends on the entire IDE configure you have.

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.

The ATAPI CDROM proposed standard I have (from June 1994) contains a table
with the allowed configurations.

On the Primary cable you can have an slave ATAPI CDROM if you have a master
ATA (or IDE.  That's the same thing) drive or a master ATAPI device.

On the secondary cable you can have a slave ATAPI CDROM only if you have
an ATA drive as a master on that cable, and you have one or two ATA drives
attached to the primary cable.  That is, you must have a device attached
to the primary cable, and it can't be an ATAPI device.

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