[plug] ide positions

[Jon L. Miller]

Question I have if on the same cable you have a faster hdd and a slow
cdrom/dvd, if both are running at the same time doesn't the system step
down to the slowest device on the chain? Therby decreasing the
performance of the faster device?

It has always been our policy that devices of like speeds on the same
cable. HDD as masters and other devices as slaves.

Jon
On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 00:15, John Knight wrote:
> 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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