What is the textbook setup for CD-RW, CD-ROM, & 1 HDD?

[MoboN00B]

do i make the cd-rw master? or what? IDE2 or IDE1?

 

[CZroe]

HDD: Single, Master, Primary, end of cable
CD-R/W: Master, Secondary, end of cable
CD-ROM: Slave, Secondary, middle connector

There you have it 🙂
This relieves the bottleneck on the most bandwidth hungry device by giving it a channel all it's own (The HDD)
It also provides a full-bandwidth flow of data from the HDD to the CD-R/W provided the CD-ROM is not in use.
As long as you aren't copying at 40x from CD-to-CD it should be perfect (CD-to-CD is NEVER the way to go. If anything, use Daemon-Tools for a *perfect* "virtual" CD drive compatible with almost every image type and copyprotection, then copy from that drive.

 

[MoboN00B]

appreciate the input, just posting it because I heard having the HDD and a CD-Rom or etc on the same channel decreases data transfer

 

[iluvdeal]

<< CD-R/W: Master, Secondary, end of cable
CD-ROM: Slave, Secondary, middle connector
>>




Would it matter if you had the Master at the middle of the cable and slave at the end?

 

[microAmp]

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<< CD-R/W: Master, Secondary, end of cable
CD-ROM: Slave, Secondary, middle connector
>>




Would it matter if you had the Master at the middle of the cable and slave at the end? >>



Yes

 

[StrangeRanger]

From my experience you do NOT want your cd-rom and cdrw on the same ide channel if you plan on doing any cd->cd copying. Your best luck would be:
HD primary master
cd-rom primary slave
cdrw secondary master (all by itself if possible)

If you have the 2 cd drives on the same channel you will get worse cd copying results. with today's burners you will rarely, if ever, get a buffer underun, but the burn proof/just right stuff will for sure slow down the burn as it fixes stuff as you go along.
j

 

[dunkster]

Ideally, install a 2-port IDE card such the promise IDE card.

This provides 4 discrete IDE ports, allowing configuration of each device as master on it's own IDE port. No more concerns about master/slave configs or re-configuring for optimal CDROM/CDR or HD/CDR performance.

Hope this helps!

 

[Crank]

Dang, dunkster, that's exactly what I did, and people are always telling me I was stupid to do so.
The controller card was very finicky with my rig, for some reason. Once I found the PCI slot it liked it was o.k., though.
Anyway, now I've got all my stuff on its own IDE channel, all primary....works well for me.

 

[CZroe]

StrangeRanger: Read carefully... That's EXACTLY what I said, only thing is I don't recommend EVER copying from CD-to-CD. So my setup recommendation stands 🙂