From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Sep 26 17:57:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA27798 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 26 Sep 1996 17:57:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA27731 for ; Thu, 26 Sep 1996 17:57:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id KAA16972; Fri, 27 Sep 1996 10:27:14 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199609270057.KAA16972@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: more than 2 IDE controllers? To: hua@chromatic.com (Ernest Hua) Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 10:27:13 +0930 (CST) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org, hua@chromatic.com In-Reply-To: <199609261327.GAA07996@server1.chromatic.com> from "Ernest Hua" at Sep 26, 96 06:27:09 am 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 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 [[