[CentOS] Solved: Dual-booting CentOS and WinXP

Tue May 19 10:24:55 UTC 2009
Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu at orgfarm.uu.se>

>-----Original Message-----
>From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
Behalf
>Of William L. Maltby
>Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 11:32 AM
>To: CentOS mailing list
>Subject: Re: [CentOS] Solved: Dual-booting CentOS and WinXP
>
>> >I think for maximum performance, if you have a secondary channel, put
>> >the linux disk on that channel, rather than primary channel.
>>
>> The flat cables won't reach. 8-}
>
><*chuckle*>

Yeah, I know it sounds pretty daft to fail on such a lo-tech issue... But
there it is. ;-)


>I can't tell you how many times I've found myself in that situation...
>*after* I installed the drive and *then* tried to attach the cables.
>This was back when a whole bunch of screws were involved.
>
>When the cables were only 40 conductor I bought a whole roll and a bunch
>of connectors and made my own as needed. Now that stuff is 80 wires, I
>don't do that. Since I use full towers, this was a problem. I searched
>on-line and found some quality extended ones, but they were fairly
>expensive. For your use, they may not be worth it. Or budgets may
>intrude, etc.

Nah, not worth all the extra trouble to optimise with different channels,
better cables and whatnot, the performance isn't a problem anyway. My main
concern, and goal, is general stability.


>Anyway, glad your setup is working now.

Well, my new run through the documented procedures totally failed for some
reason... I need to retrace the steps I took and see where it went wrong and
why. 8-/ 

I'm reghosting as I write this.
-- 
/Sorin
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