Optical jumpers?

2010-12-11 Thread Jeffrey Engle
When using an optical in an external enclosure, what should the jumpers be set to? Master, slave or cable select? Jeff Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus

Re: Optical jumpers?

2010-12-11 Thread daniel . stewart743
Subject: Optical jumpers? When using an optical in an external enclosure, what should the jumpers be set to? Master, slave or cable select? Jeff Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs

Re: Optical jumpers?

2010-12-11 Thread Justin The Cynical
On 12/11/10 7:42 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: When using an optical in an external enclosure, what should the jumpers be set to? Master, slave or cable select? I usually set it to master as it's the only device that is on the IDE chain in said enclosure. -- You received this message because you

Re: Optical jumpers?

2010-12-11 Thread Clark Martin
On Dec 11, 2010, at 7:42 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: When using an optical in an external enclosure, what should the jumpers be set to? Master, slave or cable select? Are you talking about a FW-IDE enclosure? If that's the case then Master. If this is some kind of IDE external enclosure

Re: Optical jumpers?

2010-12-11 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Dec 11, 2010, at 9:51 PM, Clark Martin wrote: On Dec 11, 2010, at 7:42 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: When using an optical in an external enclosure, what should the jumpers be set to? Master, slave or cable select? Are you talking about a FW-IDE enclosure? If that's the case

jumpers again

2009-03-17 Thread Lawrence David Eden
to MASTER. I removed the jumpers on the Seagate as per OWC tech support. This sets the Seagate to Slave. The tech guy told me that after I have successfully booted the computer (BW upgraded to G4), I should forget about the jumpers and just use SystemPreferences/Startup Disk to tell the Mac what

Re: jumpers again

2009-03-17 Thread PeterH
On Mar 17, 2009, at 8:59 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: The tech guy told me that after I have successfully booted the computer (BW upgraded to G4), I should forget about the jumpers and just use SystemPreferences/Startup Disk to tell the Mac what drive to boot from. Master and slave

Re: jumpers

2009-03-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 15, 2009, at 6:56 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: Question: I want to install the Seagate as a slave until I can do a carbon copy clone. Then I want to use the Seagate as my new Master and the Quantum as a slave. If the Seagate must be set to CS in order to work in my BW, what

jumpers

2009-03-15 Thread Lawrence David Eden
I have a new hard drive on order. I plan to install it into my BW and after carbon copy, switch it to the master position. I am presently using a Quantum Fireball as my main drive. Interestingly, the BW prefers me to set the jumper on CS instead of Master. The new drive is a Seagate

Re: jumpers

2009-03-15 Thread pdimage
On 15/3/09 13:56, Lawrence David Eden lde...@comcast.net wrote: I have a new hard drive on order. I plan to install it into my BW and after carbon copy, switch it to the master position. I am presently using a Quantum Fireball as my main drive. Interestingly, the BW prefers me to set

Re: jumpers

2009-03-15 Thread Dennis Myhand
Lawrence David Eden wrote: I have a new hard drive on order. I plan to install it into my BW and after carbon copy, switch it to the master position. I am presently using a Quantum Fireball as my main drive. Interestingly, the BW prefers me to set the jumper on CS instead of Master.

Re: jumpers

2009-03-15 Thread PeterH
On Mar 15, 2009, at 6:56 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: I want to install the Seagate as a slave until I can do a carbon copy clone. Then I want to use the Seagate as my new Master and the Quantum as a slave. If the Seagate must be set to CS in order to work in my BW, what should the

Re: jumpers

2009-03-15 Thread Mel
the master/slave setup with your jumpers, then remove the master, set the jumper (or remove the jumper) to convert the HD to slave, set the jumper on the new HD to master, and reinstall both in the proper position on the flat cable. For either setting, when you boot up, hold down the option key