[plug] dual processors

[Michael Hunt]

Given the most demanding device used in the system (one wanting most
throughput to) is the HDD, then I was thinking of only putting them on the
UltraDMA/66 controller. Everything else can hang off the other IDE
controller.

Like I said all devices seem to be going IDE (well storage at least) It
doesn't take much in terms of upgrading (i.e. buy a second disk) before you
start to run out.

SCSI is certainly the way to go but it is still way too expensive in
comparison to IDE (especially disk wise).

Yeah you can throw money and make things work, but if you do it out of the
home budget the wife starts to throw things at you !!!!

I'd expect most modern stuff to work OK. Probably just your old 4x CDROMS
and small HDD.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-plug at linux.org.au [mailto:owner-plug at linux.org.au]On Behalf
> Of Kim Covil
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 2:50 PM
> To: plug at linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] dual processors
>
>
> > I have heared that UDMA/66 will NOT work with all UDMA/33 devices, in
> > particular, things like CD-ROM drives, etc, have been known to
> have problems.
> > So beware, before rushing out to get one just for the 8x IDE,
> that some old
> > devices *may* be incompatible...
>
> True the only things I have tried are Hard drives... but I doubt there
> would be problems with all the devices you would want to plug in, so
> there is a good chance you could leave the problem devices on the normal
> IDE chains...
>
> Anyway, I agree it would probably be worthwhile seeing if there have
> been any problems with the devices you are trying and the UDMA/66
> chipset you are intending on getting...
>
> Kim
>
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