In a message dated 6/21/98 8:53:00 PM Central Daylight Time,
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> > I just bought a PII 266 system, Asus P2B motherboard (100 MHz, BX
> > chipset), 6.4 Quantum Fireball, 32x CD-ROM. Both the HD and CD are on
> > the primary channel. Is this setup compromising performance? Should the
> > CD be moved to the secondary channel?
> > TIA to all who reply.
I've heard that the speed of an IDE channel is determined by the SLOWEST drive
on the channel....
My setup has a 7 gig and 4.3 gig on the primary channel, and my slow 850 and
16x CD-ROM on the secondary.
Chris NIles