On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, mike wrote:
> A: What is the hardware name of the device i am looking for that will
> allow more then 4 ide devices to one box.
Add extra IDE card(s).
> B: do you know of a brand name i should be looking for that you recommend,
> or even a retailer.
Quite happy with a machi
I bought a Dell 600SC last month -- supports 3 ide channels
(supposedly the second one is only cds).
Seems pretty good -- like the construction, easy to work with --
cost about $385US with all the rebates and shipping...
came with 128 Mbyte DDR and 20 gig disk -- bought another 512 Mbyte ECC
ram
On Wed, 04 Dec 2002 11:11:32 -0600, Jack L. Stone wrote:
>At 11:49 AM 12.4.2002 -0500, Doug Reynolds wrote:
>>On Tue, 03 Dec 2002 20:12:47 -0800, Mike Hogsett wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Can't you just go down into /dev and do :
>>>
>>>
>>>./MAKEDEV ad4 ad5 ad6 ad7
>>>
>>>and gain access to the 4 drives on a
At 11:49 AM 12.4.2002 -0500, Doug Reynolds wrote:
>On Tue, 03 Dec 2002 20:12:47 -0800, Mike Hogsett wrote:
>
>>
>>Can't you just go down into /dev and do :
>>
>>
>>./MAKEDEV ad4 ad5 ad6 ad7
>>
>>and gain access to the 4 drives on a second (supported) IDE controller?
>
>I know i did that when i inst
On Tue, 03 Dec 2002 20:12:47 -0800, Mike Hogsett wrote:
>
>Can't you just go down into /dev and do :
>
>
>./MAKEDEV ad4 ad5 ad6 ad7
>
>and gain access to the 4 drives on a second (supported) IDE controller?
I know i did that when i installed a promise ATA66&100 addon card.. I
had to make ad4 5 6
On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 08:12:47PM -0800, Mike Hogsett wrote:
>
> Can't you just go down into /dev and do :
>
> ./MAKEDEV ad4 ad5 ad6 ad7
>
> and gain access to the 4 drives on a second (supported) IDE controller?
Umm, two devices per controller ?
Ceri
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On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 10:56:37PM -0500, mike wrote:
> Problem is as you can guess from the subject is i got 4 120
> gig hard drives in there, and i would like to have a CDROM and maybe even
> more disks as needed.
>
> A: What is the hardware name of the device i am looking for that will
> allow
Can't you just go down into /dev and do :
./MAKEDEV ad4 ad5 ad6 ad7
and gain access to the 4 drives on a second (supported) IDE controller?
- Mike
>
> Hey people,
>
> Here's the long and short of it. I have my main server unixhideout.com
> running samba. All my windows clients programs su
For what you're doing just get an IDE Raid controller card, then you'll
technically have 8 drives, 4 of which you can raid by hardware and
another 4 that you can raid by software. They're not that expensive.
Just make sure before you buy one that you check out the supported
hardware under your
