[plug] ide positions

[Richard Henry]

I agree, put your CDRW and DVD on different IDE cables, most burn software
doesn't really like burning from one CD drive to another on the same cable.

Rich.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Scott [mailto:sscott at iinet.net.au] 
> Sent: Wednesday, 5 June 2002 10:40 AM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] ide positions
> 
> 
> On Wednesday 05 June 2002 10:18 am, John Knight wrote:
> > Hey up!
> >
> > I'd better ask this while I still remember. I've got two 
> hdds and two 
> > cd-rom drives (one's a dvd rom drive, the other's a cd 
> burner), what's 
> > the best way to put everything on, position wise? Should I have two 
> > hdds on one channel and two cd-rom drives on the other, or have a 
> > cd-rom drive and a hdd on each channel?
> 
> Personally, Id put 1 HD and DVD on primary, and other HD and 
> CDR on secondary
> 
> It will help with performance a bit having the HDs on 
> different channels, and 
> copying disk to disk as well.
> 
> Having the DVD on primary just makes more sense to me, since 
> it will be your 
> primary reader... egads :)
> 
> Have fun
>