On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 09:02:48AM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: > Any IDE setup with drives on different cables will improve > when you split swap over several drives. this because such drives > can be accessed simultaneously. > > Don't bother spreading swap across drives on the *same* IDE cable, > they can't be accessed simultaneously and will improve nothing. Two drives > on the same cable is very much like a single bigger drive - it is > the least useful setup for any purpose.
But it's better than just one swap. You still get the advantage of lower seek times, hopefully. Also, on my last motherboard Linux did not seem to support DMA bus mastering on the second controllre, only on the first. That's worth consideration too. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
