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   From: Joe LaVigne    
   Subject: Re: HDD not recognized in Kubuntu 6.10 LiveCD.   
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   Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 23:29:54 GMT   
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   On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:06:34 +0100, Bernard Mercier wrote:   
      
   > Joe LaVigne pretended :   
   >> 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.   
   >   
      
   As far as I can tell, Ubuntu does not have any obvious method of adding a   
   device driver during install.  So, if your adapter is not supported, you   
   may be out of luck.   
      
   The standard Hardware compatibility test is to boot to the Live CD.  If it   
   doesn't recognize your adapter (look in the Device Manager), t is not   
   compatible.   
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