Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 22:06:07 -0500 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net>, "Mike Hogsett" <hogsett@csl.sri.com>, "mike" <mike@unixhideout.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: More then 4 IDE devices in one FreeBSD server. Message-ID: <20021205031638.A868E48463@wastegate.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20021204111132.03ac2238@mail.sage-one.net>
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On Wed, 04 Dec 2002 11:11:32 -0600, Jack L. Stone wrote: >At 11:49 AM 12.4.2002 -0500, Doug Reynolds wrote: >>On Tue, 03 Dec 2002 20:12:47 -0800, Mike Hogsett wrote: >> >>> >>>Can't you just go down into /dev and do : >>> >>> >>>./MAKEDEV ad4 ad5 ad6 ad7 >>> >>>and gain access to the 4 drives on a second (supported) IDE controller? >> >>I know i did that when i installed a promise ATA66&100 addon card.. I >>had to make ad4 5 6 7 >> >>although i only had 1 drive and two cdroms on the mobo controller >> >>--- >>doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net >> > >Yes, with RAID enabled on the MB, then it wants ad4 as first device and up >as far as FBSD is concerned. Using the ATA enable only (and not the RAID) >then it is not activated... at least on my MB with a Promise ATA100/RAID. >The MB uses jumpers for each of these. mine wasn't RAID. it jumps to ad4 because the mb has ad0 - ad3 --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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