>-----Original Message----- >From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf >Of William L. Maltby >Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 11:32 AM >To: CentOS mailing list >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Solved: Dual-booting CentOS and WinXP > >> >I think for maximum performance, if you have a secondary channel, put >> >the linux disk on that channel, rather than primary channel. >> >> The flat cables won't reach. 8-} > ><*chuckle*>
Yeah, I know it sounds pretty daft to fail on such a lo-tech issue... But there it is. ;-) >I can't tell you how many times I've found myself in that situation... >*after* I installed the drive and *then* tried to attach the cables. >This was back when a whole bunch of screws were involved. > >When the cables were only 40 conductor I bought a whole roll and a bunch >of connectors and made my own as needed. Now that stuff is 80 wires, I >don't do that. Since I use full towers, this was a problem. I searched >on-line and found some quality extended ones, but they were fairly >expensive. For your use, they may not be worth it. Or budgets may >intrude, etc. Nah, not worth all the extra trouble to optimise with different channels, better cables and whatnot, the performance isn't a problem anyway. My main concern, and goal, is general stability. >Anyway, glad your setup is working now. Well, my new run through the documented procedures totally failed for some reason... I need to retrace the steps I took and see where it went wrong and why. 8-/ I'm reghosting as I write this. -- /Sorin
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