There is no problem with using 2 drives on the second channel, perhaps because it and the drives on it are slower. Many B&Ws shipped with a CD or DVD-ROM and a zip drive and I've never seen reports of problems with that configuration.
What may cause you problems is using two hard drives on the primary channel of a Rev A. On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 07:29 PM, Geoff Doctor wrote: > I got a B/W Rev. A computer, and learned that I could only use 1 device > per channel, so upon installing OSX only my zip drive was seen in the > finder, so I removed the cable and everything worked fine. Well I just > tried to Boot a OS9 cd and found that the CDRW was not bootable > (Lite-On). So I opened up the B/W and discovered that the CDRW was one > Slave, so I set it on Master. Then I figured what the heck, and plugged > in the zip drive. What do you know? It worked! Now I have a Zip Drive > and a CDRW at the same time on the same bus with a Rev. A. This is > cool, as I though it was impossible. Anyone else done this? > Geoff -- 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
