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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Clooned on June 14, 2004, 10:16:19 PM

Title: IDE Question
Post by: Clooned on June 14, 2004, 10:16:19 PM

In my A1 I have 1 HD and 1 DVD reader in the first IDE channel  and the CD burner alone in the second one.

I want to buy another HD to install my future AOS4 pre-release  copy and I have one doubt. Is better to have the 2 HDs in the same channel or the 2 HDs as masters in separated channels?

Thank you!

Title: Re: IDE Question
Post by: Effy on June 14, 2004, 10:21:10 PM

From a logical point of view, it seems better to have the booting harddisc at the first port and set as master ... :-)

Title: Re: IDE Question
Post by: JaXanim on June 14, 2004, 10:23:10 PM

The BOOT partition should be on Channel 1 as Master (according to the Elbox/PowerFlyer Gold manual).

Devices set as Master and Slave on any channel will transfer data at the speed of the slower device. This means you'll get better performance if your Hard Drives are on the same channel and slower (CD-ROM, etc) drives are on the other channel.

Cheers,

JaX

Title: Re: IDE Question
Post by: Clooned on June 14, 2004, 11:11:21 PM

thank you for yours answers!

I know it was a silly question but I never readed something about it and it was an old doubt I has.