Anthony Anson wrote:
Before you pass on to the next item, the Linux issue appears shortly...
I've just put a box together (AMD 900, nine hundred and mumble mumble MB RAM).
IDE Channel 1: HD0 (master) and CD/DVD-RW (slave), cable detect IDE Channel 2: HD1 and Zip100 - both slave - not cable-detect.
As has been mentioned, the main problem is probably two slave devices on the same IDE channel. However, there's something else worth pointing out here.
When two devices share the same IDE channel, the speed of said channel slows or is set to the speed of the slowest device. So if you have a whizzy ATA-133 HD as master, and a CD (ATA-33/66) as slave, the fastest that channel will transfer data is 33 or 66, wasting the speed of the HD. So, put the HD and the CD on separate channels or at least configure things so your HD isn't crippled... Oh, and remember there's a difference between ATA-133 and ATA-66 IDE cables...
Cheers, Laurie.