On Fri, 23 Nov 2001, Bradley M Alexander wrote: > the CD write actually happens from hdc -> hdd. This might be *a* problem. As others have said, IDE handles bus contention either very poorly or not at all. Since you have all your I/O on one bus, you may be seeing a problem there. For IDE, I generally favor putting HDs on one bus, and CDs/tapes on the other. Actually, I favor putting a single device on each bus. Actually, I favor SCSI. :-) -- Ben Scott <bscott@ntisys.com> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. |
