From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Dec 11 21:23:24 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from smtp002pub.verizon.net (smtp002pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.181]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9752D37B416 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 21:23:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from gte.net (evrtwa1-ar4-4-34-145-186.evrtwa1.dsl.gtei.net [4.34.145.186]) by smtp002pub.verizon.net with ESMTP ; id fBC5NHP15852 Tue, 11 Dec 2001 23:23:17 -0600 (CST) Received: (from res03db2@localhost) by gte.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA55666; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 21:23:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from res03db2@gte.net) Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 21:23:47 -0800 From: Robert Clark To: Brett Glass Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Where to put the CD on an IDE system? Message-ID: <20011211212347.A55653@darkstar.gte.net> References: <200112120307.UAA07750@lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <200112120307.UAA07750@lariat.org>; from brett@lariat.org on Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 08:07:04PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I've heard that putting a slow CDROM and a faster HD on the same cable causes that cable to run at the slower of the two speeds. IE PIO/DMA/33/66, etc. [RC] On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 08:07:04PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > Yes, I know the purists in the UNIX world favor SCSI -- and I do, too -- > but I'm configuring a system that has IDE/ATAPI and need to figure > out how best to distribute three devices among two IDE interfaces. > > The machine will be a Web proxy. It'll have a system hard drive > (containing the OS and swap) and then a second very large one > to hold the cache. There's also a CD-ROM. > > Which devices should go on which interface for the best > performance, and why? > > --Brett Glass > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message