[Novalug] The Puzzle Continues

Ed T. Toton III bones@necrobones.net
Tue Dec 12 08:02:31 EST 2006


Thus spake Peter Larsen:

>>> 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?

Actually, they did. 40 pin cables vs 80 pin, and not all 40 pin cables 
were/are cable-select capable. Most 80 pin versions should be. It involves 
a pin that is grounded in one connector and not the other, apparently.


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