Mac wrote: > Pete Stean wrote: >> You're right about the connecting sequence - all things being equal >> "SATA1" (very probably printed next to the connector on the >> motherboard, but you might need a magnifying glass and a torch) will >> be master, however in the BIOS of my motherboard in addition to being >> able to change the sequence of devices to select for boot, once you >> have selected 'HDD' you can *also* change the sequence of the >> connected HDD drives, so on my machine the master could be anything >> from SATA1 to SATA6... > > > Ah, right. Like Norman, I'm a bit of an old-timer (/pace/, Norman!), > and was used to setting jumpers on IDE drives for masters and slaves; > so I guess I just transferred this habit to SATA, and assumed it was a > hardware thing there, too. Never thought of checking for BIOS settings > when the drives were installed! Doh! > > Mac >
Nope, SATA drives only have one drive per connection unlike IDE. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
