Nope. Master is booted first.

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Regards,
Hank Arnold

"Timothy Daniels" wrote in message
...
That brings up another thing: What does it matter whether
a device is Master or Slave? Isn't the boot device designated
by the BIOS' boot sequence?

*TimDaniels*


"Brian K" wrote:
I still use Master/ Slave jumpers. With Cable Select
you can't put the Master device on the middle connector,
if that is a more convenient position.

Brian


"Timothy Daniels" wrote:
Thanks for clearing that up. The link you posted
and the one inside it
(http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCS-c.html)
are good ones.

"Brian K" posted:
http://www.unixwiz.net/techtips/ide-cable-select.html

"Timothy Daniels" asked:
What makes an 80-wire cable a Cable Select cable
or not a Cable Select cable?