From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Sep 25 17:06:54 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA22057 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 25 Sep 1996 17:06:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from DNS.Lamb.net (root@DNS.Lamb.net [206.169.44.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA22019 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 1996 17:06:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Gatekeeper.Lamb.net (ulf@Gatekeeper.Lamb.net [206.169.44.2]) by DNS.Lamb.net (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA01669; Wed, 25 Sep 1996 17:08:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from ulf@localhost) by Gatekeeper.Lamb.net (8.7.6/8.7.6) id RAA03074; Wed, 25 Sep 1996 17:07:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Ulf Zimmermann Message-Id: <199609260007.RAA03074@Gatekeeper.Lamb.net> Subject: Re: more than 2 IDE controllers? To: hua@chromatic.com (Ernest Hua) Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 17:07:44 -0700 (PDT) Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.org, hua@chromatic.com In-Reply-To: <199609252124.OAA22975@krypton.chromatic.com> from Ernest Hua at "Sep 25, 96 02:24:49 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Does anyone know whether it is possible to have more than > 2 IDE controllers? We have an abundance of IDE disks and > I am running out of space. > > I guess this question has multiple parts: > > 1. Can the IDE driver handle more than 2 controllers? Yes. > > 2. Are there any IDE controllers out there (ISA or PCI) > which can be mapped to alternate addresses and IRQs > besides the two standard settings? Yes. > > Any answer appreciated! > > Thanks! > > Ern > But I wouldn't suggest doing it. Get SCSI if you really need more then 4 devices (like harddisk, cdroms). Ulf. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-865-0204 Lamb Art Internet Services | http://www.Lamb.net/ | http://www.Alameda.net