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

[Tim Collier]

Richard:

Please don't attach things to your posts.

Thanks,

Tim
On Dec 6, 2005, at 9:09 PM, Richard Smallwood wrote:

> On Dec 6, 2005, at 7:01 PM, Richard M. Kriss wrote:
>
>>> 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
>
> From:
> <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86150>
> Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors) and (QuickSilver 2002)  
> Education Model: About Cable Select and Adding Third-Party Drives
>  This document discusses the cable select feature of Power Mac G4  
> (Mirrored Drive Doors) and the education model of Power Mac  
> (QuickSilver 2002) computers, and how it can be used to add drives  
> from third-party manufacturers.
>
>  The Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors) and education model of  
> Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver 2002) computers work with ATA and ATAPI  
> internal storage devices that are set for cable select mode.
>
>  The cable select feature forces the device to set its ID as either  
> master or slave, based upon its position on the ATA/ATAPI cable:
> 	▪ 	If the device is attached to the end of the cable, then it  
> identifies itself as a master.
> 	▪ 	If the device is at the middle cable position, then it  
> identifies itself as a slave.
>
>  Since cable select mode forces the drive to set its ID based upon  
> its position on the cable, hard drives and optical drives can be  
> easily configured.
>
>  When installing additional ATA and ATAPI drives from another  
> manufacturers, check the documentation that came with the drive, or  
> check with the manufacturer to find out how to set the drive to the  
> cable select mode.
>
> Note: For the cable select setting to work properly, the cables you  
> use must work with the cable select feature. For this reason, the  
> original Apple cables that came with the computer should be used  
> when installing additional drives. Some cables made by other  
> manufacturers may not correctly work with the cable select mode.
>
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