On mar, 2007-02-20 at 19:15 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I know this is OT, but I am running Debian Etch - > I picked up a new computer last light - 2.4 ghz with a dual core > processor....put my hd from my old machine in it...and WOW! I thought > Etch was fast before on my 450mhz P3. > > This however is just the lead in to a question I am hoping the gurus > here can answer.The computer came with an LG DVD player - but I'd like > to install my CD burner in as well. Etch recognizes the DVD drive > as /dev/hdd. Question is [OT alert] should I make the CD burner the > slave to the DVD, or should I make it the slave to the HD? The Intel > board only has two IDE connectors or is there a better way ?? Sorry > guys definitely OT for this list. > > Thanks
> ---Frank McCormick--- > ------Montreal-------- You should definitely slave it to the DVD drive. Copying from CD to DVD or vice versa should work fine, and reading a CD won't slow down the hd. I have a laptop (Asus A6 series) with the DVD drive and the HD sharing the same ide bus (HD is primary master and DVD is primary slave), when reading/burning a DVD, HD acces is terribly slow (this come from the fact that when a read command is issued to a IDE device, this device will claim the bus until the request completes, and as you know CD/DVD reading is very slow compared to HD). -- regards, strawks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
