[iyonix-support] Re: 4 IDE drives: sequel
- From: Ron <iyonix@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:25:41 +1200
In message <d589fbce4e.D_Lane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
David R Lane <D_Lane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> OK, so I have to try another configuration. Since the main hard
> drive has to be on the primary bus as master, this gives 3! = 6
> possible arrangements. I don't fancy going through all 5 of the
> other arrangements and so can folk advise me which arrangement(s)
> are likely to work best?
>
> For what it's worth, the details of the drives are:
>
> The main HD and the CDRW are the original ones fitted by Castle,
> the second HD is a Maxtor Diamond Plus 9 80GB ATA/133 and the
> DVDRW is a LITEON SOHW-1693S23C.
>
> The arrangement I was going to do, but was put off from doing
> because of the physical difficulty of fitting the cables in, is
> as follows.
>
> IDE bus 0 (primary) IDE bus 1 (secondary)
> Master Slave Master Slave
>
> Main Hard Drive DVDRW Second HD CDRW
>
> Any comments?
>
> Cheers, Dave Lane
>
Hi Dave, I found jumpering info for the maxtors
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=379
and it looks straightforward enough.
Slave would be no jumpers fitted, or top stored horizontally in the top
row. I wonder what the Cylinder Limit jumper is for?
I guess the next step would be to try it on the secondary IDE bus.
Cheers -Ron
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