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"Ben Pope" <spam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2mj2f0Fmi4l6U1@uni-berlin.de...
> JBM wrote:
> > Can I set two IDE ports to RAID and install
> > a DVD writer and DVD player on the remaining
> > two ports? I know I can set it in the BIOS, but
> > has anyone tried this.
>
> It'll be fine!
>
> Not sure if it's best to separate the two hard drives onto separate
channels
> for performance.
>
> If you do a lot of ripping and fast writing to CD/DVD then I would
probably
> say separate your hard drives from your CD drives in terms of channels.
>
> Guess it's a trade-off.
>
> 24x is 24*150KB/s which is "only" 3.6MB/s, so the cache on the burner
should
> solve any issues, but you never know.
>
> Ben
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Thanks for the quick response. I know I can mix hard drives
and CD drive on normal IDE. Just wasn't sure about RAID
and CD drives. It hasn't worked when I've tried it before but
that was on a promise controller.
Jim M
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