wd - Re: Hard Drive Limitations
On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Gayle Lee Fairless wrote:
> > a. Drive is master, no slave
that requires a jumper change on the disk -- or --
the disk is on the master connector of the ide cable
"cable select" might be an issue as you noted
> > b. Drive is master, slave present
keeps wd disks happpy, as long as the master disk is
on the end of the ide cable
> > c. Drive is slave.
bad idea if it is the only disk, some bios' won't like you
> > It will not work (on many systems) if you have it configured as a.
> > when there's a slave present. It will not work (on many systems) if
> > you have it configured as b. when there is no slave. There is info
> > about this on WD's website.
c ya
akvin
Reply to: