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Subject: 2 drives + 2 IDE channels = better?
From: Steve Warwick <ukla@attbi.com>
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Hi, 

Is is better to run a 2nd drive on another IDE channel or on the same bus?
Eg. IDE channel 1 = ad0 (main OS), IDE channel 2 = ad1 (other data - maybe
MySQL and websites?)

Thoughts, opinions?

TIA

Steve.


PS. Is it obvious I'm building a new machine :)


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