Subject: Re: HDD not recognized in Kubuntu 6.10 LiveCD.   
   From: Bernard Mercier    
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   q5.20+zxw#FE/, B? 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?   
   I suppose not otherwise the HDD would work.   
   Being new I don't how to check and what to check for.   
   Hence my question here.   
      
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