From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 8 17:00:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA14672 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 17:00:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from server4.mpcbbs.com.br (server4.mpc.com.br [200.246.0.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA14492 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 17:00:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from capriotti@geocities.com) Received: from hot_nt (node73.mpc.com.br [200.246.0.73]) by server4.mpcbbs.com.br (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id UAA05124; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 20:59:11 -0300 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19980409085105.013733e0@pop.mpc.com.br> X-Sender: capriotti@pop.mpc.com.br X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 08:54:01 -0300 To: Scott Mitchell , Andrew From: Capriotti Subject: Re: IDE question Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG FYI guys, I own a Promise IDE Vesa controller which does controll 4 IDE drives. (FBSD can only see 2 of them. There are drivers for SCO, but not FBSD) BUT floppies are treated as floppies, always. At 08:25 PM 4/7/98 +0100, Scott Mitchell wrote: >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 > | 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message