Date: 09.10.02 Sender: Doug Mathieson Time: 08:47 > What is the rationale behind putting the second hard drive as the master > on the secondary and the Cd rom as the slave as opposed to putting the > second hard drive as the slave on the primary
[ I don't remember the exact average access times for both media but the access time for the hard disk is significantly smaller than the one of CD-ROM]. OK. Let's say we have two long halls and a horse-cart in each. Let's assume that a hard disk is represented by a horse and a CD-ROM is represented by a super-chicken. The super-chicken can drag the cart but cannot run like (or _being dragged_ by) the horse. Note that the cart fits perfectly in the hall and can't move if it's dragged only by one side, because that way it slams on the walls. See figure below (fixed font, please): =========================================== (wall) +---------------+----------o Horse |///////////////| |///////////////| +--------- (Non-flexible material) |///////////////| | |///////////////| v +---------------+----------o Super-chicken =========================================== These two beloved creatures have to co-operate in order to get the cart at the end of the hall. The horse is superior but it has to slow down to super-chicken's speed in order to make the cart move ahead. Given the fact, that we have 2 horses and 2 super-chickens, I think it's obvious why we put the horses on the first hall and the chickens at the second. I know (and I recall from my childhood) that chickens (and especially those super-chickens, the ones with the black capes) can run and get away from you but they just can't compete a horse. P.S. : The clause about access times is enough. The rest was a rather awful attempt to give a graphical representation. -- [ Quote #6910 from misc-qts collection. ] "Bother," said Pooh as his friends left him alone to die. ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
