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Date:      Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:41:46 +0000
From:      David Larkin <david.larkin@whitburncc.org.uk>
To:        "Nerius Landys" <nlandys@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]
Message-ID:  <20080125234146.083449bd@sparrow>
In-Reply-To: <560f92640801251437r3fd38d83xc7ec07841642fa05@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20080125224807.233a2a14@sparrow> <560f92640801251437r3fd38d83xc7ec07841642fa05@mail.gmail.com>

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On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:37:07 -0800
"Nerius Landys" <nlandys@gmail.com> wrote:

>  correct me if I'm wrong
> someone.  It seems that the issue is a hardware issue.  For example, try a
> different jumper configuration on the back of the physical hard drive.
> Also, there are probably two places on the IDE cable where you can plug in
> your hard drive.  Try plugging your hard drive to the very end IDE connector
> (not the middle one) and try setting the hard drive jumper configuration to
> "master".  This might help.  Just an idea.

Thanks for the suggestions ....

The jumper leads are set to Mater with no slave

I  have tried using the other IDE conector, but it makes no difference 



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