[plug] CD-ROM Burner problem

I am the LinuxAlien linuxalien at optusnet.com.au
Thu Jul 25 16:34:54 WST 2002


How can cable select help new hardware?
Tim
At 10:37 25/07/2002 +0800, you wrote:
>>Cable select can weird out linux, Windows doesn't care about slight
>>errors, and places like Dell insists on it on their machines :(
>
>Freaky. I have a Western Digital 30 gig drive that _only_ detects in BIOS 
>when set to cable select - same problem on 3 different motherboards too. 
>I've never had an issue using cable select under linux, in fact I 
>generally prefer it for newer hardware.
>
>Funny how something that works for one person totally fails for another 
>isn't it.

LinuxAlien
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