It's really a question of performance. Will the slowest device on the chain
dictate the maximum speed of the data access? With Windows, I think the
answer is YES.
With linux, you can tune the ide access parameters...
S. Douglas Smith Sr.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jaguar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 11:05 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [[newbie] IDE - Mixing HD & CD-RW On Same Cable Running
Linux - Possible?]
I have to disagree with the ATAPI/IDE statement...
I am a self-employed PC technician and have almost exclusively used an ATAPI
CD chained behind an IDE HD, and so far..( in excess off 100 systems)
_NEVER_
a problem. I have at this moment an IDE chained behind an ATAPI on one of
my
home systems. Everything works perfectly. :)
Jaguar
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (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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