On Monday 13 February 2006 12:36 pm, Mike McCarty wrote: > This is a little strongly stated, but the advice is good. > The only slaves I have on my machines, when I can avoid it, is slow > devices which are rarely used, like CDROM drives. > > [snip] > > > Slaves are just too much trouble. Even when they seem to work, you can > > have silent data corruption that you don't notice until it's too late. > > This I have not experienced. Balderdash! I have run master/slave combos for years. I currently manage over 50 pc's with every brand of drive and combo of drives imaginable in them. I also provide support for an additional non-profit that numbers another 50+ PC's. Nearly all these machines have drives populating both master and slave positions. I avoid putting critical hard drives on the same controller as the CD-ROM, but that being said, most of these machines do mix CD-ROM's and HD's - just not fast HD's, not system HD's, and not HD drives that get accessed much more than the norm... -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA
