Well, the theory is that the secondary IDE channel runs at half the speed of the primary and OS X drops the primary to the speed of the secondary. My embellishment, based on incorrect recollection of the details, doubled the speed of both channels in the retelling of the tale. (On such errors, great social movements begin.)
Indeed, the B&W rev 1 primary channel is 33 MHz and the secondary is 16 MHz. On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 10:48 PM, The Boy wrote: > On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 09:33 PM, James S Jones wrote: > >> I used a 20 GB Maxtor with a Rev 1 board with no problems, whatsoever. >> Some people have problems with some larger drives than that, with >> certain 40 GB IBM models getting lots of complaints. >> >> As for slave drives being the issue, yes, that's what I've seen >> reported. More specifically, the problem has to do with running 2 >> drives at ATA-66 speeds. OS X supposedly drops the primary channel to >> ATA-33 if a slave drive is detected to avoid problems. > > Whoever came up with that "theory" seems to have missed the fact that > the IDE controllers in B&W machines are incapable of ATA-66 speeds at > all. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
