Greetings, The issue is really physical - a unit can boot from either master or slave. In the cable chain, however, the master of the two on the bus *must* be affixed to the end of the cable (sort of like the end of a SCSI chain needs to be terminated), with the slave drive in between master and bus origin. In an iMac I bet it would be pretty hard to snake that short cable around to capture the ZIP at its end. My 2ยข worth. Best regards, Dana
On 8/30/05 5:58 PM, Wayne Clodfelter of [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent > Replying to the original poster. > I believe your mac will boot from a slave just fine (ICBW), but with my > ex-beige, I could only boot from a slave via xpostfacto. > I do believe the CD-ROM has to be set to master in order to boot from > it. Again, ICBW. > > On Aug 30, 2005, at 6:04 PM, Ken wrote: > >> My Reply follows quote. On 30/08/2005 13:33 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >> >>> Does it matter which of the internal CD-ROM and HD is Master and >>> which is slave? Can OS9 and OSX boot from the HD whichever way I >>> set that? >>> In this iMac DV 400 MHz. Stock CD, the HD upgraded to an 160 Gb >>> Maxtor >> ------ >> Hmmm. In this poor old Beige G3MT, I have two ATA drives. the >> "master" has three partitions, one of which is the OS 9 boot >> drive. The second "slave" drive has 4 partitions, one of which >> is the OS X boot drive. Both seem to work with no problems. I >> don't have anything else on the CD-ROM bus, so can't say much >> about that. >> >> Ken >> >> -- >> G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... -- 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:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
