The manual says "Use 80 pin ATA cables for EVERYTHING". Should I use a 80 pin cable for a CD-ROM drive that is connected to the 2nd IDE port as a Master drive only?

I am asking this, because strange things happen, I burn the firmware update and some additional files on my PC to a CD and try to read it on my Peg2, it says either there is a Read/Write error on the CD (tried different branded CD's) and sometimes it doesn't, when I try to copy the UPDATE file to my Boot partition, the system locks up.

Any suggestions?
If it is the buggy old firmware,
I can't transfer the UPDATE file to my Peggy!!!

Hi guvenck

Yes you should use 80 wire ata100 cables.
Which cd burner program are you using.
what make of cd drive are you using in pegasos 2

I have burned the files on my Windoze PC, with a TEAC CDR-55S and Nero Burning Rom.

and on my Peg2, I have tried with both LG 52x and AOpen 4824 Combo drives. Could not manage to just copy a file from a CD to the boot partition.
Now I go out to buy a 80pin IDE cable.