Re: how to make hda become hdb?

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "Pigeon" == jah pigeon <Pigeon> writes:

    >> According to IDE specs, master is supposed to go on the end of
    >> the cable.

    Pigeon> I think that for reasons of termination (such as it is for
    Pigeon> IDE), if you only have one drive, it should go on the end
    Pigeon> of the cable. If you have two, I don't think it matters
    Pigeon> which is where, especially since the difference in status
    Pigeon> implied by "master" and "slave" is an artefact of the
    Pigeon> terminology with no counterpart in the functioning of the
    Pigeon> interface. This is empirical, of course. But on a cable
    Pigeon> with two drives, I've never found it to matter which goes
    Pigeon> where.

Unless you set your drives to "cable select" and use an IDE cable that
automatically chooses master and slave for you. Apparently these
exist, though I've never used one (and would avoid it).

Cheers!
Shyamal