Re: [Cooker] OT - IDE Management

[Francis Galiegue]

On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Sebastian Fischer wrote:

> 
> > Ummm... as I understand it, Linux now knows how to drive more than 2 IDEs
> > per controller, not sure if you need to do surgery on a cable or what the
> > new head-count limit is, but I remember a recent linux-kernel list message
> > which said it can be done.
> 
> Ah linux can?
> I wonder wich IDE-Controller can?
> I always thought this was a hardware issue...

It is. An IDE bus cannot hold more than 2 disks. Unless ATA100 removes this
limitation...

No, what linux can do (and has been able to do for ages) is manage more than 2
IDE *buses*.


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