Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!software.mitel.com!wood!wood From: wood@Software.Mitel.COM (Dale Wood) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: IDE questions Message-ID: Date: 18 Feb 91 12:33:40 GMT References: <1991Feb7.215934.8935@amd.com> <1991Feb14.214411.2679@dgbt.doc.ca> Sender: wood@Software.Mitel.COM Organization: Public Switching, MITEL Corporation, Kanata, Ontario, Canada Lines: 28 In-reply-to: barry@dgbt.doc.ca's message of 14 Feb 91 21:44:11 GMT > IDE drives come setup for single drive operation. A jumper(s) needs to be > changed on both drives. Why is this hard? The store I bought the second > drive from was not able to tell me what jumpers to change! They told me > several incorrect ways--of which one shorted my power supply. I just bought a Seagate ST-1144A 125MB drive. I had another 1144 drive on loan (With data) and connected this drive just fine (with a manual and some phone assistance) After I removed the borrowed 1144 I installed an 80Meg Conner - Here is the info that I required. ST-1144A dirve jumpers MASTER SLAVE PRES. 0 0 Remote Led || Single Drive System Install Remove 0 0 Reserved || Drive 1 in 2 Drive System Install Install 0 0 Slave Present || Drive 2 in 2 Drive System Remove Remove 0 0 Master || 0 0 Live-Test To install the Conner drive as Drive 2 - Remove the C/D jumper. Ensure that the Boot section of the hard disk is a DOS sector (FDisk or DM/M) Dale Wood wood@Software.Mitel.COM