Re: Limit of 6 IDE interfaces?

Dan Hollis (kernel@vdr.qc.ca)
Sun, 18 Apr 1999 23:48:53 +0000 (/etc/localtime)


On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Craig Whitmore wrote:

> The bios when you set up IDE drives only gives an option of 2 IDE channels..
> How can
> you set the others up? Or an I asking a stupid question?
>
> Thanks
>

Well, Linux doesn't care what the bios has to say. This is not a stupid
question. It's just that Linux is a good enough OS to probe it's own
devices, and you don't have to put anything in your bios about them (at
least for ide devices).

Papi

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