[G4] Swapping drives mirrored doors and FW800 dual processor G4s

[FERENCZY]

But according to the big fruit, the wind tunnels should all be set to
cable select. (at least according to the apple tech doc)

sandor


On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 Tracker at aol.com wrote:

> Not all Macs play well with "Cable Select" settings even though many people 
> will say that they will IF the Mac is a newer machine. Older models, and the 
> occasional new one too, refuse to accept CS bridge settings and will not allow 
> the drive to mount until the setting is changed to Master or Slave.
> 
> Additionally, some Macs will refuse to recognize a drive set to CS if there 
> is a second drive also set to CS on the same bus ribbon. In that case, try 
> setting the drives to Master and Slave and install them on the IDE bus ribbon with 
> the Master drive closest to the mother board.
> 
> Another stumbling block is whether the drives are attached to separate IDE 
> bus ribbons and there is another device (CD, Zip, Imation, etc) on the ribbon 
> with the drive. Frequently, the speed of the drive is reduced because of the 
> slower device being attached to the ribbon. I always set up the drives on one 
> ribbon and the other devices on their own ribbon to avoid possible slow-downs.
> 
> HTH.
> 
> ----------
> G4ist, a listserv for discussion of everything G4.
> FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/G4.html>.
> Send a message to <G4-DIGEST at themacintoshguy.com> to switch to the digest.
> 
> XRouter | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! 
> Dr. Bott | Now $139.99      <http://www.drbott.com/prod/xrouter.html>
> 
> Dr. Bott LLC   4-port USB Hub in translucent Graphite!
> Dr. Bott LLC   <http://www.drbott.com/prod/ghub.html>
> 
> Small Dog Electronics   http://www.smalldog.com  | Canon Digital Cameras |
> --Quicksilver & refurbished G4's arriving daily! |   and Camcorders!!    |
> 
> MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! 
> Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
> 
> OS X News, Dr.Mac, Forums, Tutorials, Tips, Hints, FAQ?s - http://www.osxfaq.com
> 
>