From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 31 14:40:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C96916A4CE for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 14:40:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from snickers.hotpop.com (snickers.hotpop.com [38.113.3.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B58243D3F for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 14:40:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rainbreath@hotpop.com) Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [38.113.3.103]) by snickers.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 42C4272E4A for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 22:19:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from anyhost.anywhere (unknown [80.82.190.162]) by smtp-3.hotpop.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE74BC47FC5 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 22:27:01 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 01:36:33 +0300 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org From: Yuri Grebenkin Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: User-Agent: Opera7.23/FreeBSD M2 build 518 X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- Subject: About CD-RW X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 22:40:44 -0000 Hi. I gonna replace my CD-ROM with a CD-RW drive. I use FreeBSD 4.9 system, Acorp 694XA (VIA VT82C694X, VIA VT82C686B) motherboard. It provides PIO, Bus Master, UDMA 33/66/100 modes on both ata0 and ata1. Please give me a suggestion what brand or model to buy. What CD-RW can be used under FreeBSD without problems? I use nVidia video card and really can't get it work properly 'cause of broken drivers from nvidia.com I think. So I want to be sure. And another little question. What is better to have both CD-RW and HDD on one ata0 (master and slave) or HDD on ata0 and CD-RW on ata1? What gives best performance? I think that best one is when they are on different, bacause it become possible to only read via one and only write via other while copying data. Is it that way? Thank you. Best regards. Yuri. (Please CC to my email)