On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you 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

   I don't believe it is a rule.  Over the years I've had ATAPI
cdroms, on the same ide as a harddrive, sometimes as master,
sometimes as slave, in both Windows and Linux. 
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..      Tom Brinkman    [EMAIL PROTECTED]                      .
                        

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