Re: IDE Expansion
Brian Pomerantz (bapper@piratehaven.org)
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 11:03:35 -0700
On Sun, Sep 12, 1999 at 06:40:36PM +0100, Jon Masters wrote:
> Hi,
> Just a quick question - I've used all four devices on my motherboard's
> IDE controller and I know linux can handle something like 20 IDE devices
> now. Basically, can someone tell me which PCI (or ISA) IDE expansion
> card to get. The machine has an ethernet card on IRQ 11, Two SBs (on
> IRQs 5 & 9) and the rest is kinda standard. What I want is a cheap card
> which will let me add 4 (or only 2) more IDE devices to my system and
> which will work with the described setup and Linux 2.2.12 or later.
> Please don't flame me and tell me to use SCSI. SCSI still aint cheap for
> large storage amounts and IDE may be slower, but on my home PC it is
> sufficient. I only have 17Gb at the moment (10.8Gb +6.4Gb) + an IDE
> CD-ROM and an IDE-CD-RW.
>
It would probably be cheaper for you to just go buy a 27GB drive or
something similar and replace the 6GB you already have. That would
put you up over 35GB.
BAPper
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