Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 12:55:40 -0800 (PST) From: Howard Lew <hlew@genome.Stanford.EDU> To: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> Cc: Mark Hannon <mark@seeware.dialix.oz.au>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More EIDE questions Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960206125310.22674A-100000@vegemite.Stanford.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199602052312.AAA12629@keltia.freenix.fr>
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On Tue, 6 Feb 1996, Ollivier Robert wrote:
> It seems that Mark Hannon said:
> > The system I am considering is a new 486 motherboard with
> > ISA and VLB slots. I have a few questions....
>
> VLB seems pretty dead now... I'd recommend buying PCI.
>
> > 1) I see in the handbook that VLB busses are OK but I can't
> > see how I should configure this for the kernel. Do I just
> > use the isa0 entry??
>
> Yes, there are no special considerations kernel-wise for VLB.
>
> > 2) On the same line of questioning, what devices can I put on
> > the VLB bus? I can either get a new EIDE controller to run
> > from the ISA bus or from one of the VLB slots. I assume
> > that it is the same wdc[01] I use irrespective of which bus
> > I stick the card in???
>
> Yes.
>
> > 3) I presently have two IDE HDs and am planning on buying a new
> > shiny one when I upgrade. According to the salesman I should
> > be able to drive 4 HDs off an EIDE drive - Is this true for
>
> We don't support E-IDE. So if 4 drives are a special E-IDE feature, I don't
> think it would work.
Hmmm... I'm not sure if that's correct. I am running 3 hard drives on an
EIDE interface card as wd0, wd1, wd2, and see no problems at all. Yeah,
it has both wdc0 and wdc1 on the card.
>
> But, really, do yourself a favor, buy SCSI and forget all these IDE
> specifics. Just plug and play (the real one, not the PnP aka Plug and Pray
> :-))
>
> You won't regret it.
> --
> Ollivier ROBERT -=- The daemon is FREE! -=- roberto@keltia.frmug.fr.net
> FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 2.2-CURRENT #5: Sun Feb 4 03:11:17 MET 1996
>
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