Re: Limit of 6 IDE interfaces?

Chris Wedgwood (chris@cybernet.co.nz)
Mon, 19 Apr 1999 15:42:30 +1200


> 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?

The BIOS can't see past the first controller... linux can see the
others (as presumably can other OSs).

-cw

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