On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 03:44,Michael Hipp scribed: > I'm building a new box for Linux. Partition layout something like this: > > hda (20G IBM) > 1: / (root) Caldera 3.1 (5G) > 2: / (root) Mandrake 8.1 (5G) > 3: / (root) Redmond Linux (5G) > 4: / (root) Elx (5G) > > hdb (empty) > > hdc (generic IDE CD-ROM) > > hdd (15G Western Digital) > 1: swap (300-500MB) > 2: /home (4.5G) > 3: / (root) other distro (4.5G) > 4: Win2k (4.5G) > > In this config I've heard that hdd would not be able to run with dma and > and "ultra" ide modes because of the pokey CD-ROM. Is this true? > > How much penalty in performance would I pay by moving hdd to hdb (on ide 0 > with the main drive)? (swap, root, and home all competing for 1 channel)
I have always run cd drives as slaves, with no perforamance hits. -- Keith Antoine aka 'skippy' 18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061 Australia PH:61733002161 Retired Geriatric, Sometime Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
