Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 21:23:47 -0800 From: Robert Clark <res03db2@gte.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Where to put the CD on an IDE system? Message-ID: <20011211212347.A55653@darkstar.gte.net> In-Reply-To: <200112120307.UAA07750@lariat.org>; from brett@lariat.org on Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 08:07:04PM -0700 References: <200112120307.UAA07750@lariat.org>
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I've heard that putting a slow CDROM and a faster HD on the same cable causes that cable to run at the slower of the two speeds. IE PIO/DMA/33/66, etc. [RC] On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 08:07:04PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > Yes, I know the purists in the UNIX world favor SCSI -- and I do, too -- > but I'm configuring a system that has IDE/ATAPI and need to figure > out how best to distribute three devices among two IDE interfaces. > > The machine will be a Web proxy. It'll have a system hard drive > (containing the OS and swap) and then a second very large one > to hold the cache. There's also a CD-ROM. > > Which devices should go on which interface for the best > performance, and why? > > --Brett Glass > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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