Re: TI-H: IDE stuff

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Subject: Re: TI-H: IDE stuff
From: Jason Doering <doerinjw@email.uc.edu>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 08:51:52 -0400
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Ideally, cd-roms should be on their own cable or with a zip drive.  If
you want to have a cd-rom and a hd on the same cable, the hd should be
master.  The problem is that the cd-rom will drastically slow the hd
down.

kaus wrote:
> 
> While we are on the topic, i have a slight problem wiht my ide setup on my
> computer
> 
> I have 3 hard drives and a cd-rom drive i want to hookup.
> all ide
> i put the 2 harddrives on one ide cable. they work fine.
> i put the cd-rom drive as master on the second cable, the 3rd hd as slave
> the 3rd hd doesnt show up as a valid drive. bios sees it, but
> win95/dos/linux dont
> 
> i tried unplugging the cd-rom drive and using another ide hd for the master
> in its place. that worked fine. all 4 hds worked.
> 
> cant a cd-rom be a master over a hd?  does it have to be a slave?  can a
> cd-rom only be by itslef on an ide cable?
> 
> please.  I know this is slighty off topic, but you group of ppl are ht
> emost qualified to answer it if anyone is.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> -Jonathan Kaus
> kaus@cybrzn.com
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TI-H: IDE stuff

From: kaus <kaus@cybrzn.com>