Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 06:32:59 -0500 (CDT) From: <measl@mfn.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Limit to # of IDE drives? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104080626140.28206-100000@greeves.mfn.org>
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Good Morning, I am having difficulty in going over 6 IDE drives: I don't seem to be able to "configure" the devices (according to the error messages). The system has three PCI IDE controllers, each with 2 channels. Although all of the cards are recognized on boot probes, and although every drive seems to function if I remove one other drive (resulting in that magical number 6 again), I seem unable to get the seventh (or eight, etc.) IDE drive to work. I know this is not an issue with SCSI, as this very same box is sporting 28 SCSI drives at the same time. Is this a "hard" IDE limit, or is there some way to go around it? Thanks! -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... -------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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