4 IDE devices

[KidCisco]

Hi,

how should I connect my two IDE HDs and my IDE CDR and IDE CDR-burner?
Should I put the two HDs on one IDE channel and the CDR and burner
on the other channel?

Thx

 

[amnesiac]

depends on what you'll be doing with the devices.
If you want to copy from CD to CD put them on different channels b/c IDE can only read OR write to one device at a time

 

[Jiggz]

Agree, although it's almost norm to place the primary hdd (with os) as Primary master and then the CD-Rom as Slave. On the secondary channel have the CD-RW as master with the 2nd hdd as slave. This is about the most flexible combo you can do.

 

[Rob G.]

I would go like this:

Primary IDE:
Hard drive 1 (master)
CD-ROM (slave)

Secondary IDE:
Hard drive 2 (master)
CD-RW (slave)

Your HD-to-HD transfers will be at their optimum. CD-ROM to CD-RW copying will be at optimum.