IDE order question, and dvd writer

[joshcali]

Hi, hoping someone here can help me on an ide order question.

I have a:
Maxtor 40gb 6L040J2 hard drive
Toshiba SD-M1502 dvd reader
Sony DRU-500A dvd writer


running on a Tyan Tiger MP board.
I also have 3 other hard drives on a seperate promise controller card (ultra 133 TX2)

I'm trying to figure out:

1) what's the best IDE configuration so I can do a cd to cd copy on the fly?

2) what's the best IDE configuration so I can Rip a DVD to the hard drive at top speed (this can be to the hard drives on the seperate controllers)

3) is there any way to do a DVD to DVD-R on the fly? I've heard it talked about and was wondering if it's just a great way to make coasters!



the mobo I have is a dual proc, so it would be great to have a way to keep working with files off the drive while doing a cd-to-cd copy, but I understand this might not be reasonable.

thanks!
-Josh

[VideoTechMan]

My suggestion, from what i know, is that you always connect 2 hard drives on the same IDE controller. That way it wont affect the HD's speed when you're copying to it. And it would be a good idea to connect the dvd writer and reader on the same ide chain as well. Since you have a 2 CPU system, you shouldnt have too much trouble whatsoever as far as ripping or copying goes. Same goes for the dvd player and writer. Hope this helps

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