The CDROM drive is plugged as master. Both the hard drive and the CDROM drive are set up as master on separate controllers -- the system only recognizes the CDROM drive when it is PRIMARY MASTER. If I make it SECONDARY master, it isn't recognized.
On Sunday 27 October 2002 04:06 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 10/27/02 12:01:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << > ... If I switch them and put the hard drive on the secondary, and the CDROM > on the > > primary, then it sees both drives. Any ideas? I have a lot more > experience with PC clones than Macs (although I definitely like Macs better > already, at least OS-wise). With PC's you can disable one or both IDE > channels on most motherboards. Is that the case with these? Is there > some setup for this? > > > Early Beiges were made with CD-ROM drives which had a firmware bug, and > required that they be plugged as Master. Later Beiges didn't have this > problem. > > Early Beiges which supported Slaves, and also had the optional Zip, were > often made with SCSI Zips instead of EIDE Zips, as those EIDE Zips had a > firmware bug, and required that they be plugged as Master. This was fixed, > too. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:g-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:g-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:g-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
