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check the jumpers.
the hard drive which I assume is on the first ide controler (ide0) 
should be set to master.  The 2 other drives which I assume are on ide1 
should be set to slave and master, with one being master and the other 
being slave.
 On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 05:17:01PM -0500, 
Kyrath. (AKA Rob) wrote:
> Hi, I've finally have obtained everything I need to install slackware 9.1, at least I think so.
> However, I'm curious as to why my harddrive is being assigned hdb instead of hda.
> In addition, linux, and windows for that matter, are unable to detect my HP cd-rw drive if the Matshita dvd drive is connected.  Does anyone have any idea
> of why the Matshita and HP won't get along on the same ide cable?  I suppose that I could connect one the cd drives with the harddrive, but that would
> require purchasing a new cable.  The one that connects the harddrive is too short to reach the cd drives.
> -- Rob
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