Re: Fw: max number of ide controllers?

2000-12-22 Thread Charles Wilkins
Here is what worked. append="ide6=0x168,0x36e,10" Thanks all for your help. Merry Christmas : ) > > Charles Wilkins writes: > > > I have ide.2.2.18.1209.patch applied. The kernel is 2.2.18. > > > So what is the answer? 4 controllers max or 10 for my kernel? &

Fw: max number of ide controllers?

2000-12-22 Thread Charles Wilkins
> > Charles Wilkins wrote: > > > > Is there a max number of ide controllers that linux-2.2.18 can > > support? > Andrzej M. Krzysztofowicz says, >"Linux supports up to 10 IDE channels, however channel numbers of PCI controllers seem to be assigned first.&q

Re: max number of ide controllers?

2000-12-22 Thread Charles Wilkins
> "Charles Wilkins wrote:" > > I have been running with the 2 onboard VIA ide hd controllers (ide 0 and = > > ide 1) along with a creative labs ide contoller on a SB32 soundcard (ide = > > 2). This has had the cdrom and zip drive. > > > > I just adde

max number of ide controllers?

2000-12-21 Thread Charles Wilkins
I have been running with the 2 onboard VIA ide hd controllers (ide 0 and ide 1) along with a creative labs ide contoller on a SB32 soundcard (ide 3). This has had the cdrom and zip drive.   I just added a Promise Ultra100 and it has assumed the role of ide 3 and ide 4. The onboard controllers

Re: strange nfs behavior in 2.2.18 and 2.4.0-test12

2000-12-21 Thread Charles Wilkins
I can confirm this problem exists in Mandrake-7.2 as well with kernel 2.2.17-21. - Original Message - From: "John Covici" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 1:37 PM Subject: strange nfs behavior in 2.2.18 and 2.4.0-test12 > Hi. I am having str

kernel software raid support

2000-12-16 Thread Charles Wilkins
What is the status of software raid development in 2.2.x?   There seems to be a growing number of hacks addressing kernel raid support, tools, and such specifics as read balancing, yet the kernel contains very old code for raid support which seems to act as nothing more than a placeholder f