Master/Slave on DVDRW?

[Cook1]

Ok, just a general question(s).

If I have a DVD Drive and am getting a DVDRW, what do I set as master and what do I set as slave?

and...

If I have a CDRW Drive and am getting a DVDRW, what do I set as master and what do I set as slave?

 

[globalcitizen]

You will have to check the manual for each drive to see which jumper settings work best. There should be a part in the installation section which states that. Usually, you would put a read only drive as a slave to your hard disk and the RW drive as a secondary master. But you have to check and see if those settings work.

 

[Anubis]

my dvd rom is set to master
DVD burner to Slave
they are on the same IDE channel
no issues

 

[MustISO]

I do the opposite of Anubis. I used to keep them on separate channels but now they're on the same channel. DVD-R is master, DVD-ROM is slave.

 

[Anubis]

ive come to think that now adays it really doesnt matter

 

[Cook1]

Originally posted by: Anubis
ive come to think that now adays it really doesnt matter

Lol thanks. And yeah, they'll be on the same IDE channel.

 

[Auric]

General rule to be followed in order of most to least demanding drive: isolate/master/slave; with preference for placing on seperate channels those drives with the most transfers betwixt them.

So with a single HDD, DVD writer, and CD writer put the HDD on IDE1 as master (obvious), DVD writer on IDE2 as master and CD writer on IDE2 as slave. Only if those two optical drives were going to be used primarily for copying together should the CD writer instead be put on IDE1 as slave.

Likewise with introducing a second HDD it would depend upon whether removable (in which case limiting it to slave on either channel) and the primary way it was to be used in relation to the other drives.

Also be sure to put master at end of ribbon cable and slave in the middle.

 

[poppyq]

Originally posted by: globalcitizen
You will have to check the manual for each drive to see which jumper settings work best. There should be a part in the installation section which states that. Usually, you would put a read only drive as a slave to your hard disk and the RW drive as a secondary master. But you have to check and see if those settings work.

You don't want to put an optical drive on the same ide cable as your hard disk. I can't say this for sure, but almost everywhere I've heard/read that the hdd will then operate only as fast as the slowest device on the chain (the ATA/33 optical drive).