I believe it depends on the cable.  Some cables are marked
'master' and 'slave' at the connectors.  They usually have a small
hole punched in the cable as well.  This is used for CS or 'Cable
Select' settings.  Otherwise, the position does not matter, it's
controlled by the jumpers on the hard drives.

Jim Cooley wrote:

> Subject: Position of HD on interface cable
>
> If the jumpers on  2 hard drives set their master and slave status, does it matter which position they occupy
> on the interface cable?
>
> Jim Cooley  [log in to unmask]
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