Re: Here's how to use large IDE drives with Ultra 5/10 ... NOT

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From: Vincent Fox
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 00:00

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In <81sd1h$3p9$1@oak.prod.itd.earthlink.net> "Bruce Adler" <bruce.NxOxSxPxAxMx.adler@acm.org> writes:

*snip*

>Tossing the Sun supplied cable is silly. Is it possible you've never heard
>of "Cable Select"? You're supposed to install the drive's CS jumpers,
>not the MA (master) or SL (slave) jumpers. Using a CS cable and
>installing the CS jumpers on all drives is functionally (and electrically)
>equivalent to using a non-CS cable and the MA or SL jumpers on all drives.
>The only way there can be any sort of "issue" with the Sun supplied cable
>is if you mistakenly mixed CS and MA/SL drives (or aren't aware that
>shifting a drive to the other connector on a CS cable changes its drive
>number).

I was wrong. Please don't hurt beat me anymore!

Thanks.

--
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Date: 1999/11/29
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