| From: | David McMinn |
| Date: | 24 Aug 2001 at 13:11:08 |
| Subject: | Re: Two hard drives. |
--- In amigactive@y..., Gareth Griffiths <gazchap@b...> wrote:
> > hmm Eyetech 4-way buffered interfaces are'nt they supplied with
> > EIDE 99 software ??
> > not sure of this , check that you have the drives the right way on
> > the IDE cable e.g. Primary Boot drive
> > and Secondry the slave drive.
>
> Mine wasn't supplied with any software as far as I can remember (I
> certainly didn't get any disks with it) so it looks like I've got to
> get IDE-fix then?
Well, does it have "Elbox" written on your adaptor anywhere, because
they are the only ones that come with EIDE99 (IMO a real PITA compared
to IDEFix). But like someone else already said, you don't need any
software if you are only using the primary channel.
> And the drives are the right way round. Although, does the Master
> drive have to be connected on the part of the cable closest to the
> interface, or does it not matter?
I don't think that matters, as the cables are just direct wires
normally (i.e. no twists, no wires only going to one connector etc).
I'm sure I was running my system with them the wrong way round for a
while, due to the positions of my HDDs in my tower and it was OK. I
think Mal meant make sure the connector is in the HDD the right way
round, i.e. pin 1 connecting to pin 1.
Are either of the drives 2.5"? IIRC some of them don't like/expect to
be on a cable with another device.
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