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Looking to use a different drive to run OS...slave/master settings necessary?
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Just like the title, I'm looking to use one of my bigger drives that I used to just store stuff in and turn it into the prime drive to run my OS. Now, my question is: do I have to mess with master/slave settings on my hard drive to make it work properly? Thanks.
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No. Macs don't care if you boot from a drive jumpered as Master or Slave. Install the OS and select the new drive in Startup Disk.
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Thanks for your help! I'll get right to it.
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I always put my main HD with the shortest cable from the motherboard, even though it really won't show with speed. Just something i do ;-) But now with a G5, I don't think I have any control of that
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Originally posted by reader50:
No. Macs don't care if you boot from a drive jumpered as Master or Slave. Install the OS and select the new drive in Startup Disk.
This is true, however, the system will always look first at the Master drive for a bootable system folder, then the others.... so it is slightly faster time-wise to have the start-up drive as the master, but not absolutely necessary 
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Personally I find it hilarious that you have the hots for my gramma. Especially seeins how she is 3x your age, and makes your Brittney-Spears-wannabe 30-something wife look like a rag doll who went thru WWIII with a burning stick of dynamite up her a** :)
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If a boot partition has been selected in Startup Disk, the system should go there first.
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