From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sproxy.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20] helo=mail.gmx.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16jS6Y-0002Mj-00 for ; Fri, 08 Mar 2002 16:40:46 -0500 Received: (qmail 28360 invoked by uid 0); 8 Mar 2002 21:40:25 -0000 Received: from dhcp037-50-151-24.nt01-c5.cpe.charter-ne.com (HELO computer) (24.151.50.37) by mail.gmx.net (mp007-rz3) with SMTP; 8 Mar 2002 21:40:25 -0000 Message-ID: <006701c1c6e9$d5bd09e0$25329718@ubr.charterne.com> From: "Alex Snow" To: References: <001c01c1c633$cb4960a0$25329718@ubr.charterne.com> <20020308093432.A9631@joana.gotss.net> Subject: Re: Hardware Question Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 16:40:14 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi. Thanks for the quick response! Yup. Thats the way the cdrom looks. Only problemis, The three sets of jumpers don't have any of those jumper things on them. They just are three sets of 2 pins. Found it on the hd thou. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Hoath" To: Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 8:34 PM Subject: Re: Hardware Question > I've posted on this before but here we go again: > With the connectors of the cdrom towards you you have: > power on the right, 4-pin. > IDE ribbon connector 40-pin > then a jumper block then redbook audio then digital out and mode jumpers working your way to the left. > The jumper pins closed to the 40-pin ribbon cable is master, > the next set are slave and the next set are cable select. > If there is a secondary ide controller put the cdrom on that since > some hard drives have different jumperings for single drive > and drive with slave especially western digital. > Otherwise cdrom as slave is on the center of the set of 3 jumpers next to the ribbon. > > Regards, Kerry. > On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 06:57:07PM -0500, Alex Snow wrote: > > Hi. > > I am installing a temperary verson of linux on an old 486 box. To Get linux from the winblows machine to the 486, I need to install a CDrom. I hooked it to the same ribbon as the hd since there was room, but it won't boot with the cdrom on the controler. How do I tell the hd to be master and cdrom to be slave? > -- > Kerry Hoath: kerry@gotss.net kerry@gotss.eu.org or kerry@gotss.spice.net.au > ICQ: 8226547 msn: kerry@gotss.net Yahoo: kerryhoath@yahoo.com.au > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >