[plug] ide positions

[John Knight]

G'day,

the second hdd takes priority over the burner, because that's where /usr is.


>Hello John,
>
>I think you will find that the best way to configure your IDE devices is as
>follows :
>
>Primary Master :        Your first HDD - (Boot drive)
>Primary Slave :         Your DVD (reader)
>Secondary Master :      Your CD burner
>Secondary Slave :       Your second HDD
>
>1 - Having your DVD and burner on separate IDE channels makes for faster 
>and
>more reliable disk <-> disk copying
>
>2 - Having your CD burner as a master will help to avoid caching and buffer
>problems.
>
>3 - Also consider which connector they are using on the cable - ie: master
>drive  on first connector and slave drive on the end connector. ( no doubt
>many will disagree on this point - but if you have problems then keep an 
>eye
>on this one)
>
>
>
>
>At 10:18 AM 05-06-2002 +0800, you 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?
> >
> >cheers!
> >
> >Make lunch, not war.
> >
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