There should be a jumper on there otherwise the cdrom probably defaults to slave or cable select. Hard drives differ so it depends on make and model so if you give me those I might be able to help. Regards, Kerry. On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 04:40:14PM -0500, Alex Snow wrote: > Hi. > Thanks for the quick response! > Yup. Thats the way the cdrom looks. Only problemis, The three sets of > jumpers don't have any of those jumper things on them. They just are three > sets of 2 pins. > Found it on the hd thou. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry at gotss.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 8:34 PM > Subject: Re: Hardware Question > > > > I've posted on this before but here we go again: > > With the connectors of the cdrom towards you you have: > > power on the right, 4-pin. > > IDE ribbon connector 40-pin > > then a jumper block then redbook audio then digital out and mode jumpers > working your way to the left. > > The jumper pins closed to the 40-pin ribbon cable is master, > > the next set are slave and the next set are cable select. > > If there is a secondary ide controller put the cdrom on that since > > some hard drives have different jumperings for single drive > > and drive with slave especially western digital. > > Otherwise cdrom as slave is on the center of the set of 3 jumpers next to > the ribbon. > > > > Regards, Kerry. > > On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 06:57:07PM -0500, Alex Snow wrote: > > > Hi. > > > I am installing a temperary verson of linux on an old 486 box. To Get > linux from the winblows machine to the 486, I need to install a CDrom. I > hooked it to the same ribbon as the hd since there was room, but it won't > boot with the cdrom on the controler. How do I tell the hd to be master and > cdrom to be slave? > > -- > > Kerry Hoath: kerry at gotss.net kerry at gotss.eu.org or > kerry at gotss.spice.net.au > > ICQ: 8226547 msn: kerry at gotss.net Yahoo: kerryhoath at yahoo.com.au > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Kerry Hoath: kerry at gotss.net kerry at gotss.eu.org or kerry at gotss.spice.net.au ICQ: 8226547 msn: kerry at gotss.net Yahoo: kerryhoath at yahoo.com.au
