A MASTER OR A SLAVE DEVICE

Device 1

Primary master (boot

 

drive)

Device 2

Primary slave

Device 3

Secondary master

Device 4

Secondary slave

Device 5

Tertiary master

Device 6

Tertiary slave

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Note that the primary master, if configured, must be a boot drive (normally a hard disk). Other than this, an IDE device can be configured to any IDE interface port and either as a master or a slave at your own choice. Here master and slave do not imply any operating precedence; they are just the “sub-IDs” of the devices that your computer needs to know about.

Note: 1. Currently, a CD-ROM drive cannot be used as a boot drive. Therefore, you cannot configure the CD-ROM drive as the primary master.

2.Your CD-ROM can be attached to any IDE controller that supports up to eight IDE devices.

3.If you are using OS/2 Warp and another device has already been configured as the primary slave, we highly recommend that you configure the CD-ROM drive as the master device of one of the rest available IDE ports.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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