Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 10:27:13 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: hua@chromatic.com (Ernest Hua) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org, hua@chromatic.com Subject: Re: more than 2 IDE controllers? Message-ID: <199609270057.KAA16972@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199609261327.GAA07996@server1.chromatic.com> from "Ernest Hua" at Sep 26, 96 06:27:09 am
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Ernest Hua stands accused of saying: > > > Ok. I got two answers .. "Yes" and "No". > > Does anyone have a definitive explanation for WHY the answer > is "Yes" or "No"? The answer is "yes". I haven't actually seen anyone put their name to a "no" answer, and I think they're not game to be seen saying it in public. The most likely reason for someone saying "no" is that obtaining an IDE controller that can be configured at an address other than the two standard addresses is difficult, if not impossible. Regardless, the correct solution to your problem is to piss off all of your IDE disks, buy a single SCSI controller and stack 4G disks on it. Yes, this approach costs money, but you'll actually benefit from it. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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