[Novalug] The Puzzle Continues

[Ed T. Toton III]

Thus spake Ed T. Toton III:

> Thus spake Peter Larsen:
>
>> ATA cable select is up to the drives, not the cable. And IDE cable is 
>> an IDE cable.
>
> Not precisely,
>
> 	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_select
>
> The whole point of "cable select" is that the cable position, not the 
> drives themselves, determines which is master and slave. Most modern 
> cables support this now, but that has not always been histoically so.

Actually, I should clarify that... the drives still assign themselves 
master or slave status, but it's based on the cable position rather than 
the jumpers.



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