[G4] Re: G4 How to set your hard drive to master

[Richard M. Kriss]

> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:13:25 -0600
> From: Richard Smallwood <smally at knology.net>
> Subject: Re: [G4 How to set your hard drive to master
> To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers."
> 
> On Dec 6, 2005, at 3:52 PM, jennifer friede wrote:
> 
>> I have a PowerMac G4 and my master hard drive is set at 20 GB when I
>> originally purchased. I want to upgrade my master hard drive. I
>> purchased a 250 GB Maxtor ATA/133 7200RPM 16MB. My computer doesn't
>> recognize the drive when I installed the 250 GB hard drive in P2.
>> 
>> Does this have something to do with the jumper cable? I'm confused
>> with the master/slave part. If anyone can help me out with examples or
>> descriptions or links. I've done research online and found a lot of
>> information but I couldn't understand what I'm not getting at.
>> 
>> I have already purchased the same hard drive for my slave and already
>> installed the proper firmware to recognize the capacity of the GB
>> size.
> 
> The G-4 says to set your internal hard drives to cable select, The
> drives become slave or master depending on where they are located on
> the cable (at the far end is the master).
> 
> Hope this helps.
> Richard

That is new information to me.  I was told it really did not mater which
drive position was the slave or master as long as they were strapped
correct.  I have two drives in my G4 and can boot from either one.

Richard, do you have a reference to an Apple tech note on the topic?

Dick