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Subject: Re: Seagate HD not detected by FreeBSD
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* Erik Trulsson [2005-05-29 14:09 +0200]
>  Although it is theoretically fine to have just a slave device on an IDE
>  channel without a master device, that configuration fails to work in
>  many cases.  If it fails to work it is probably a bug in some component
>  of the system, but that doesn't help the person having the problem.
>  
>  If you have just a single IDE device on an IDE channel it should be
>  configured as master, not as slave.  Having it configured as slave is
>  supposed to work, but often does not work and is therefore not
>  recommended.


It seems you are right!
However, there should be no need for a slave-only setup anyway.