Re: [SLUG] DMA off?

From: Eben King (eben01@verizon.net)
Date: Sat Jun 03 2006 - 00:47:14 EDT


On Sat, 3 Jun 2006, Jason Boxman wrote:

> You can find used PCI ATA adapters on Ebay for <$20 shipped for ATA 66,
> which is plenty fast for even a modern disk. ATA 100 controllers can also
> sometimes be had for under $20 shipped. (All used, of course, but I have
> two used cards running right now and they're running just fine, along with
> two used 3Ware 7xxx series cards.)

I'll probably put the HDs on the built-in ports and the DVDs on the added
ones, so as not to use as much PCI bandwidth. It's gonna be a rat's nest
inside my case...

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