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Article #69062Re: cd rom and 32 bit access
From: Rajesh Varia
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 00:00
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 Turnpike evaluation. For information, see http://www.turnpike.com/
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