On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:16:26 -0800 (PST), Alvin Oga <aoga@ns.linux-consulting.com> wrote: > yu should NOT mix foreign languages on the same ide cable > - disks are talking ata-100/133 > - the dvd is talking ata-33/66 ?? > here is my setting: hda(ata-133) on ide0 master hdc(ata-33) on ide1 master hdd(ata-66) on ide1 slave I am not clear about having ata-33 and ata-66 on same cable posing a problem.