Alan Cox wrote: [...] > You also want to avoid two disks on one cable as the IDE interface only > allows one of them to be active at a time so its a good way to cripple > performance. My previous reply may not have been quite motivational enough. There is a physical constraint as to where the discs can be mounted in the case which makes it difficult to run then on separate controller interfaces. These discs are 3.5" form factor, and the CD and DVD drives I have are 5.25" form factor. The natural thing would be to put the two disc drives as the masters of the two ATA channels provided, and make the two removable medium drives be the slaves. However, the 5.25" bays are about eight inches from the 3.5" bays, so this is physically difficult to realize. Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} Oppose globalization and One World Governments like the UN. This message made from 100% recycled bits. You have found the bank of Larn. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that! -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines