Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!mcdchg!wucs1!dale From: dale@wucs1.UUCP (Dale Frye) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Hard Disks: XT vs. AT Summary: change jumper for clone kit Keywords: hard disk xt at Message-ID: <766@wucs1.UUCP> Date: 13 Jul 88 16:23:07 GMT References: <6201@megaron.arizona.edu> Organization: Washington University, St. Louis Lines: 20 IBM modifies the cable so that all drives are to be configured as drive 2 (low = 1). Some of the clone kits followed IBM but most simply use straight through cables. If the large cable does not have a twist in the middle of it then it is a straight through cable. There is a jumper or a set of switches on the drive that must be changed. These are usually located on the back edge of the drive. NOTE: This is not a difference between XT and AT but the difference between IBM cables and clone cables. This difference occurs on both types of machines. REMEMBER: If the cable has a twist then configure all drives as the second drive. If the cable is straight through then configure each drive differently starting with the first drive. Dale Frye @ Washington University in St. Louis