Primary and secondary IDE plugs are virtually the same. Each plug can support 2 IDE devices, such as CDROMS, Hard Disks, Zip Drives, whatever you like. The two plugs are called Master and Slave. So basically you have 4 plugs:
Primary Master
Primary Slave
Secondary Master
Secondary Slave
Right now your config looks like this:
Primary Master = Hard disk
Primary Slave = CDROM
Secondary Master = none
Secondary Slave = none
You can run the second HD absolutely anywhere you want, without any problems. The only reason they suggest running it with the other hd is that sometimes it can be faster, but it will work perfectly fine on the secondary, ie:
Primary Master = Hard disk
Primary Slave = CDROM
Secondary Master = Second Hard Disk
Secondary Slave = none
One thing to watch for, sometimes HD and CDROMs have jumpers on them, in order to select whether theyre master or slave. If you put the second HD on your secondary, it can be run as either secondary master or slave, but master is probably better.
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