[COLUG] Boot problems

[Rob Funk]

Mark Erbaugh wrote:
> To get the replacement cable working, I had to run separate cables to
> the HD and DVD. Now, the HD is Master on the primary channel and the
> DVD is Master on the secondary channel. Yes, I remembered to change the
> jumper on the DVD.  My question is, when you only have two IDE devices
> does it make much of a difference if they are on the same or different
> IDE channels?

Yes.  It's better to have them on separate channels.  When they're on the 
same channel they have to share the bandwidth of that channel.

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