Re: [tlug] Master and slave

[Jean-Christian Imbeault <jc@example.com>]

Jonathan Q wrote:
> 
>>I was told adding a CDROM (or DVD) as primary slave would slow down the
>>harddisk access.
> 
> That is correct  ... IDE/ATA does not allow simultaneous
access by more than one device

True, but this relates to access on the same IDE channel no? I was 
always under the impression that two disks on two different IDE/ATA 
channels can process requests simultaneously on most motherboards. So 
that the "proper" setup for a PC with one HDD and one CD-ROM (and two 
IDE channels (controllers?)) was to put the HDD and CD-ROM on different 
channels to avoid perfomance hits.

As a reference I use:

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/confRecommendations-c.html

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Jean-Christian Imbeault