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Re: cd rom and 32 bit access

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From: Rajesh Varia
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 00:00
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In article <u3oKxAAopkbxEwDd@demon.co.uk>, Dave Kelso
<dave@tankgirl.demon.co.uk> writes
>I've recently put in a samsung scr-630 4xspeed cd rom drive. Previously,
>the panasonic cd was connected through the sb16 card, but the samsung
>couldn't go through it so I've put it through the EIDE card, configured
>as a second drive. Everything seems to work fine but I can't enable 32
>bit disk access in wfwg. I get an error message when trying to run
>something (e.g. playing audio cds) that the drive is incompatible with
>23 bit disk access. What I would like to know is this affecting my hard
>disk, what difference would it make having 32 bit disk access enabled
>and if it is beneficial to do so, how can I do it?
>Any help on any of these points gratefully appreciated.
>Thanks in advance...

Basically, you will need to put your CD-ROM drive on a secondary channel
as it is stopping 32-bit access for the HDD on the primary channel.  You
can leave it were it is, but you will lose out on speed for the HDD.


-- 
Rajesh Varia

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