On Jeudi 26 Juillet 2001 09:16, Jerome Grimbert wrote:
> My Q40 IDE is currently fully used. (One hard disk and an EZ-135,
> for a total of 5 partitions).
> I was wondering if it was possible to add a second I/O board on it,
> and would it work with SMSQ/E ? Or even only with Linux ?
It should work with both, provided you configure the new I/O board
properly (secondary IDE channel I/O address and IRQ).
> (Target: moving another HD from my PC to my Q40, as well as a CD-Rom
> reader,
... which will also be usabble under SMSQ/E thanks to my ATAPI+CDROM
things...
> I would then give SMSQ/E another 3 partitions, and a try to linux
> on Q40 on the remaining of the disk (which gonna be in the
> 6/8/10 GB range in size))
>
> (I'm still hesitant about the use of the second ISA slot, should
> I reserve it for an ethernet card,
There are probably two IDE channels I/O ISA cards available: plugging
such a card as a replacement for the original I/O card would prevent
using the second ISA slot...
> if it ever work with SMSQ/E ?)
Writing a device driver for an ethernet card is definitely possible
under SMSQ/E, the problem is the lack of TCP/IP stack so far (and I
don't know how easy it will be to use Jon's TCP/IP stack when it will
be ready...).
QDOS/SMS forever !
Thierry.
