Re: [gentoo-user] Is this drive toast--addendum

[Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx>]

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:20:10 -0700 (PDT)
maxim wexler <blissfix@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> --- Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:38:45 -0700 (PDT)
> > maxim wexler <blissfix@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Forgot to add: this all started when I made hda
> > into
> > > hdb and vice versa by changing the jumpers on the
> > two
> > > IDE drives in this particular PC and telling the 
> > BIOS
> > > to boot from the 2nd drive. And updating grub and
> > > fstab, of course.
> > > 
> > 
> > changing the jumpers on the two drives?  You
> > generally don't have to
> > change drive jumpers to switch priority in the BIOS
> > (or physically),
> > although it might be necessary in certain
> > circumstances I guess.  
> 
> The first drive is for Micro$haft, which I still need
> for certain tasks.


If you wouldn't mind satisfying my curiosity, what does the jumper do?
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