Subject: Re: NoName & ATA cd-rom
To: Anders Hogrelius <ahs@hogrelius.nu>
From: None <kpneal@pobox.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 03/01/2004 21:39:23
On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 09:24:02AM +0100, Anders Hogrelius wrote:
>
> Yes, it will work but it will not be useful for booting since the SRM
> doesn't recognise it. A CD-burner might cause problems if you try to burn
> CD's at higher speeds, since the onboard ATA adapter is quite slow.
Define "higher speeds" on a NoName.
I have a 6x burner on my NoName, but the burner is SCSI. Would a
6x IDE burner work?
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