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   From: Joe LaVigne    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: HDD not recognized in Kubuntu 6.10 LiveCD.   
   Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:21:41 +0000 (UTC)   
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   On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:16:13 +0100, Bernard Mercier wrote:   
      
   > ken scharf brought next idea :   
   >> Steveski wrote:   
   >>> Steveski wrote:   
   >>>    
   >>>> Bernard Mercier wrote:   
   >>>>    
   >>>>> Thank you for the info.   
   >>>>> You mean that's some jumper on the HDD itself?   
   >>>> Yes. The "old" system was to designate one drive as Master and the other   
   >>>> drive as Slave on an IDE cable. Most drives these days simply use CS and   
   >>>> then it depends on where you, physically, put the drive(s) on the cable -   
   >>>> the terminating end being master and the connector in the middle being   
   >>>> slave. As always, there's more to it than this but that'll do for the   
   >>>> moment :-)   
   >>>    
   >>> I should have pointed out that the jumpers (MA, SL and CS) are on the back   
   >>> of IDE drives (including CD and DVD drives).   
   >>>    
   >>> --   
   >>> Steveski   
   >> It should be pointed out that CS only works if you have the correct   
   >> cable.  I would think that the jumpers would over-ride the cable, but it   
   >> might be that you had the drive jumpered for master and connected to the   
   >> slave position of a cable select cable.  Usually cables that come with   
   >> motherboards are NOT cable select cables, but those provided by OEM   
   >> computer makers (such as Dell, HP, or Gateway) are.   
   >> I do not know how to tell the difference between cables but I bet the   
   >> cable select type have the connectors marked "master" and "slave" or   
   >> "primary" and "secondary" or something like that.   
   > Also for sata cables? My HDD is sata.   
   >   
      
   Nope.  SATA generally has one drive connected to the cable...   
      
   Are there drivers for your SATA card in Ubuntu?   
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