First time HD install in A4000 w/OS3.1

[Orjan]

IdeFIX uses CacheCDFS, doesn´t it?

[Orjan]

On many drives one pin is missing ( I guess so you won´t put the cable in reverse, provided you have a cable with a plugged hole at the same location as the missing pin.. ) but this is of no importance to functionality..

However, Jens Schoenfeld told me some time ago that the WD Caviar drives dont comform 100% to the IDE standard, and therefor won´t work in his IDE hardware solutions.. I´m not saying that the A4000 has a general problem with Caviars, but it´s a possibilty..

Anyone else using a Caviar drive in their 4000?

[Orjan]

Well... I don´t know exactly what pin 31 does, if anything, but I can tell you for sure that cutting the pin of the motherboard won´t make a difference, and I don´t really see why you should consider that at all... If there´s no pin on the drive, then the pin isn´t connected on the motherboard, so to speak... The wire is physically present in the flat ide cable, but it doesn´t go anywhere...

[Orjan]

Tip: You normally don´t have to "format" drives if they have appeared as icons in Workbench.. You only have to "initialize" them ( choos format in the menu system, then initialize ) Initialization only takes a few seconds, compared to a format which takes, well, forever... :-)