Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 20:25:13 +0100 (BST) From: Scott Mitchell <rsm@acm.org> To: Andrew <perrya@python.shoal.net.au> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IDE question Message-ID: <199804071925.UAA00540@valis.goatsucker.org> In-Reply-To: <54498087@toto.iv>
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Yes, IDE is always a maximum of two devices per controller/channel/whatever they call it. Most motherboards come with two onboard controllers these days. Regarding sound cards, you can indeed attach a disk to them -- I have one attached to my SB16. Getting back to the original poster's question -- are you sure that the floppy drives are on an IDE controller? That would be very unusual; generally they have their own controller. Check the cable, it should look different to the IDE one. You might have another IDE controller that you don't know about :) Maybe check your BIOS setup screens and see how many hard drives it will let you configure. HTH, Scott Andrew said: >I think that you'll find that you are out of luck. I have never heard of >more than two ide devices on one ide controller, cd-rom or hard disk >drive. You may be able to put in another ide controller card but I've >never tried it and don't know anyone who has. I've often wondered if you >can put a hard drive on the ide port on some sound cards as well but never >got around to trying it. > >Andrew Perry > >> >> I have two IDE controllers on my motherboard. One is cabled to the >> two floppy drives, and the other to a CD-ROM drive and to the hard >> drive. -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID |"If I can't have my coffee, I'm just <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> | 0x54B171B9 | like a dried up piece of roast goat" QMW College, London, UK | 0xAA775B8B | -- J. S. Bach. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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