On 04/10/2017 09:03 PM, transmail wrote: > So, it does matter, even with the 40 pin cables?
Yes, it does matter. If you put the IDE controller in the middle of the cable, the cable termination is wrong. > Just because it is impossible to put the longest part to the motherboard: > the connector of the HDD and the DVD are too far apart. It should be possible. Just get an IDE cable that is long enough. I have a cable in my Sun Blade 100 which is long enough so I can connect it properly. It really doesn't make sense to continue trying around with the cable connected improperly. Also, you should be booting over a serial console. Much easier to record all output messages when the output goes to a different machine. You can also use netconsole to send the output over the network. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - [email protected] `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - [email protected] `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
