[Novalug] The Puzzle Continues

Peter Larsen plarsen@famlarsen.homelinux.com
Mon Dec 11 23:16:47 EST 2006



Ed T. Toton III wrote:
> Thus spake Ed T. Toton III:
> 
>> Thus spake Peter Larsen:
>>
>>> ATA cable select is up to the drives, not the cable. And IDE cable is 
>>> an IDE cable.
>>
>> Not precisely,
>>
>>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_select
>>
>> The whole point of "cable select" is that the cable position, not the 
>> drives themselves, determines which is master and slave. Most modern 
>> cables support this now, but that has not always been histoically so.
> 
> Actually, I should clarify that... the drives still assign themselves 
> master or slave status, but it's based on the cable position rather than 
> the jumpers.

Exactly - which is electronics in the drive, not a cable configuration. 
To my knowledge IDE cables haven't changed since the early 1990'ies?

Regards
   Peter Larsen




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