Cool! This would save me from wasting a few $$ on an IDE card. Thanks! Seve -----Original Message----- From: Joseph S. Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, November 11, 1999 8:17 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] IDE - Mixing HD & CD-RW On Same Cable Running Linux - Possible? >John Aldrich wrote: > >> 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? >> > >> Why??? I've got an ATAPI CDROM in my Windows 98 box at home >> and it's working fine as the final device in the IDE chain. >> I'd say give it a shot and don't worry about it. Just make >> sure that the IDE hard drive is the primary master, and you >> should be set. :-) >> John > >I agree. I've got 3 WIN machines and 1 Linux box set up that way. Go for it (I'd >even be so bold as to put the cover back on, if I >could find it 8-).) > > >-- >Joseph S. Gardner >Senior Designer / Technical Support >Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
