Jim Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have 2 devices that will not work as slaves. They are a CD-RW drive > and an IDE tape drive. They both work fine as masters. They give a > message > > ATA identify retries exceeded > > during the boot. > > I have tried different combinations of masters and slaves and > different cables. The bios recognizes them as slaves. > > Has anyone else experienced this problem?
If you set something up as a slave, make sure that there is a master on that bus. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"