Re: [PLUG] master vs slave?

[Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>]

Thanks, that's helpful to know.

I did find a (not clearly self-consistent) bit of instruction on the
hard drive, and now it's a master. Still won't boot. But thanks for
helping clear up the master/slave bit. I'm reinstalling debian as I
write, since I didn't bother to make a boot floppy...

-Jeff


On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 01:23:58PM -0600, imayes@verizon.net wrote:
> I think if it is the only drive on the controller, it has to either
> be a master with a slave or set up as an "only drive" (master with
> no slave). This usually depends on the drive. Try reading the
> information on the drive itself, or look it up on the manufaxturer's
> website.
> 
> Iman
> 
> > 
> > From: Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>
> > Date: 2002/11/15 Fri PM 12:55:27 CST
> > To: PLUG <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
> > Subject: [PLUG] master vs slave?
> > 
> > I'm installing debian on a new machine, and I notice that my hard
> > drive is slave on the first controller. Does this matter? I've read a
> > bunch about this on the net, but fail to really understand why a disk
> > should be one or another. Maybe this is because it doesn't matter.
> > 
> > At the moment, my new machine is doing the "01 01 01 01"
> > thing. Drat. Lilo's not happy in any case. I wonder if it's because
> > the hd is slave...
> > 
> > -- 
> >  Jeff
> > 
> >  Jeff Abrahamson  <http://www.purple.com/jeff/>
> > 
> > 



-- 
 Jeff

 Jeff Abrahamson  <http://www.purple.com/jeff/>

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