It came out of a stack of unused drives wich had all been tested and worked Ok. The hd is the original and boots dos 6 when the cdrom isn't connected. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete" <persuric@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 2:31 AM Subject: Re: Hardware Question > > Usually the jumpers will be labeled m a for master and s l for slave and c > s for cable select. Some hard drives arent labeled like this, instead they > are labeled as jmp50 etc. The hard drive in this computer is the origenal? > It would boot OK before you tried installing the c d rom? > Whear did you get the c d rom from? Did it come out of a known working > computer? > Pete > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alex Snow <alex_snow at gmx.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 6:57 PM > Subject: Hardware Question > > > 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? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
