curious

[Alex Snow]

true. this is especially noticeable when copying a cd when both the 
cdrom and the burner are on the same ide controler.
On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 
at 04:30:43PM -0700, Sean McMahon wrote:
> If you're going to use 2 of those drives at the same time put them on
> seperate ide cables.  A hard drive and cd berner  will perform better if on
> seperate cables.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net>
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 4:10 PM
> Subject: Re: curious
> 
> 
> > check the jumpers.
> > the hard drive which I assume is on the first ide controler (ide0)
> > should be set to master.  The 2 other drives which I assume are on ide1
> > should be set to slave and master, with one being master and the other
> > being slave.
> >  On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 05:17:01PM -0500,
> > Kyrath. (AKA Rob) wrote:
> > > Hi, I've finally have obtained everything I need to install slackware
> 9.1, at least I think so.
> > > However, I'm curious as to why my harddrive is being assigned hdb
> instead of hda.
> > > In addition, linux, and windows for that matter, are unable to detect my
> HP cd-rw drive if the Matshita dvd drive is connected.  Does anyone have any
> idea
> > > of why the Matshita and HP won't get along on the same ide cable?  I
> suppose that I could connect one the cd drives with the harddrive, but that
> would
> > > require purchasing a new cable.  The one that connects the harddrive is
> too short to reach the cd drives.
> > > -- Rob
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