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jon@sed.stel.com (Jon Radel) writes:

>In article <1993Jan7.160826.1605@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> cwatters@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Coyt D Watters) writes:
>>This is/should be a FAQ question, but since I couldn't find a FAQ....
>>
>...
>>Can I just hook up another IDE drive and change the CMOS, or do I have to 
>>bother with the master/slave problems I've read about?
>
>If anyone is e-mailing the answer to this, and related "how do I get 
>2 IDE drives to run off of the same controller" questions, please
>post them too!  I have two IDE drives, both of which will run on my
>controller by itself, but when I hook both up the machine hangs.  There
>aren't any obvious settings to change except in the CMOS.

I have connected 2 IDE drives just two weeks ago. You have to configure
"master" and "slave" using jumper settings on the disks. I had a hard time
doing that, cause I had no doc for one of the disks :I Testing out the
possible combinations found the right one (If the 2nd HD had no doc either,
the no. of possible settings would have been much higher still :).

(Oh, while I'm at it:
 Does anyone have the data sheet for a Quantum LPS 240 AT?)

I also bought a new IDE controller which is marked "2 HD 2 FD", because I
thought I had to (my old one is "1HD 2FD"). I never tested 2 HDs with the old
one ... Later someone told me, that he got 2 HDs on a "1HD" controller, so
maybe I bought the new one in vain - not sure.

After all this you have to change the CMOS as well of course, but that's
the easy bit :).

>--Jon Radel
>jon@sed.stel.com


Bye

Wolfgang


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