OT 2nd posting pci ata card ??

[Dave S]

On Saturday 01 April 2006 19:46, Me - Atlantic wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 19:32 +0100, Dave S wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This is a second posting because I could really do with some advice. I
> > have a raid HDD on hda and hdc, works a treat.
> >
> > I have a DVDRW on hdb, it works but cripples my system when I use it. I
> > need a workaround.
> >
> > Is it possible to use PCI card to give me a PATA interface that I can
> > plug my DVDRW into.
> >
> > If so how can I find out which ones are compatible with Linux. I have
> > been googleing but had found very little info. This must be a common
> > problem for RAID users.
> >
> > Any help greatly appreciated :)
> >
> > Cheers
> > Dave
>
> Dave~
> Have you looked into changing the order of the drives? (a and b as RAID,
> c as DVD) ?

That would be a problem, hda and hdb both share an IDE controller so I would 
loose the speed advantage if using RAID 1. 

Thanks anyway

Dave