On 15/10/2007, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > ports, and I've got too much IDE hardware to junk it and buy SATA. How > > well do PCI cards that add IDE ports work? Any known gotchas? Does the > > So long as they are supported they just work. Most are. Your choice does > drop dramatically if you have no PCI slots just newer stuff however. > > > OS see them as different from the M/B's IDE ports? Specifically, I > > need to run two DVD burners and two 400 GB hard drives, all IDE, on a > > motherboard with one IDE controller and one SATA controller. Should > > the hard drives be on the M/B, and the burners (rarely used) on the > > card, or vice versa? > > On a PCI bus system put the most important devices on motherboard ports > as they are usually on a much faster bus. With newer busses its much less > of an issue. > > Alan > Thanks. The PCI card with the IDE ports is rather old, and second hand, so I'm not sure if it's of the 'just works' variety. I guess that I'll try it on an old motherboard first, see how it works, and only then decide [not] to use it. Thanks. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
