Philips PCA82CR User Manual

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A MASTER OR A SLAVE DEVICE

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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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