CDROM with raid.

From: Tom (tombro_at_usa.net)
Date: 11/15/04 

Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:13:52 -0500

Good Folks,

Not sure if this is the correct location for this question, so please
forgive me if I'm wrong.

I am setting up a Linux server with raid1.
To do this, I will put a 200G drive as master on each IDE controller. So far
so good!

How do I get a bootable CDROM connected.
I understand performance will be degraded if I use both channels of the
controllers.(for an IDE CDROM)

If I get a scsi card, I can connect a scsi CDROM, maybe a tape drive or ZIP.

But will I be able to boot off of the CDROM as needed (eg: loading FC3).

Thanks for your advice. Tom

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