>Date:    Tue, 30 Mar 1999 20:59:11 -0500
>From:    David Murtaugh <[log in to unmask]>
>
>I've got a 400 Mhz Pentium II system that I'm trying to add some items to.
>I've got a 6.4 gig Eide harddrive as a master on my first ide channel. I'm
>adding a 13 gig harddrive, a cd-rom player and a cd-rom burner to the
>other ide slots. I need to know if there is any particular order that
>these other items should be placed in (Channel 1-2, master-slave) that
>would give me the best performance.
>
Put the HD on Channel 1 slave, the CD-ROM player on Channel 2 master, and
the CD-ROM burner on Channel 2 slave.
   In general, an IDE Channel operates at the speed of the slowest device
on it, so you don't want to mix fast (HD) and slow (CD) if possible.  If
it is necessary, put the faster device as master.

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