do you need the cd after instalation? just disconnect it. Sent from my iPhone
On 27 Nov 2013, at 19:34, Chris Dennis <cgden...@btinternet.com> wrote: > On 27/11/13 17:30, Lisi wrote: >> On Wednesday 27 November 2013 17:15:24 Chris Dennis wrote: >>> I could use a PATA hard disk, but the motherboard only has one PATA >>> channel, and that is in use for the optical drive. >> >> In a desktop, one PATA channel would be able to take two connections >> on the same ribbon cable (master and slave or both cable select). Is >> the same not true of laptops? > > Yes it's true. But I've always found that having an optical drive on the > same PATA cable as a hard disk slows everything down. > > I'll give it a try though. > > cheers > > Chris > > -- > Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com > Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
