Its more of a hardware/performance rule then OS rule. The THING iwth
E-IDE/U-DMA is that only one DEVICE is accessed at the same time on each
CHANNEL. So, use that logic and you know that you have 2 IDE Channels.
I mean if you have two IDE hard drives, logic says put one on each IDE
channel. That way they can both be accessed at the same time instead of
one at a time if you put them on the same IDE channel.
I would have to know your system uasage pattern to give you the best
settings but the guide I use is following [IDE0 Master, Master on Fist
Channel is HardDrive, obvious. When I say 1st/2nd/3rd Most Used, I mean
after Hard Drive]
IDE0 Master - HD [obivious]
IDE0 Slaver - 3rd Most Used Device
IDE1 Master - 1st Most Used Device
IDE1 Slave - 2nd Most Used Device
You will have to fit your CD-R/CD-RW/ and TR-4i Tape into a logical order
for yourself and fit it into the above formula/guide.
The basic philsophy behind that order is the 1st MUD [Most Used Device]
should be on a different channel. The 2nd and 3rd MUD must be slaves, but
since 2nd has a higher usage then the 3rd, it should be on the lesser used
IDE channel, therefore 1, therefore 3rd goes on IDE #1.
Hopefully this helps, if thats not confusion enough, lemme give you my
partition scheme.
IDE0 Master: Quantuam 20.4 GIG HD [Windows98SE(games) - Mandrake 6.0]
IDE0 Slave: Quantum 6.4 GIG [Spare Backup Drive]
IDE1 Master: Quantum 20.4 GIG HD [MP3 DRive]
IDE1 Slave: 48x CD-ROM [used more then Backup, Less them MP3]
On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Sevatio Octavio wrote:
> I have a dilemma in that I have 3 ATAPI devices (CD-R, CD-RW, & TR-4i tape drive)
>and 1 IDE HD that I would like put in my Linux
> Box. I know that in Windows you're not supposed to put ATAPI with IDE HardDrives on
>the same ribbon cable. Does the same rule
> apply to Linux? Is that more of a hardware rule than an OS rule?
>
> Seve
>
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