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by **Anna Winkle** » Wed, 14 Aug 1996 04:00:00

Hi!

Does anyone know if FreeBSD supports more than 2 IDE controllers?
An example of this setup is two IDE controllers with harddrives,
and a third SoundBlaster controller with a CD-ROM drive.

Linux (as far as I know) does not support the SoundBlaster adapter
configured as a third IDE adapter.

Thanks in advance for any help...

--Anna Winkler

by **Ken Bigelo** » Wed, 14 Aug 1996 04:00:00

> Hi!

> Does anyone know if FreeBSD supports more than 2 IDE controllers?
> An example of this setup is two IDE controllers with harddrives,
> and a third SoundBlaster controller with a CD-ROM drive.

> Linux (as far as I know) does not support the SoundBlaster adapter
> configured as a third IDE adapter.

> Thanks in advance for any help...

Whoops! There are only two "official" IDE ports, which is why only two
are listed in the 'visual' list if you use the -c option at the boot:
prompt. SoundBlaster and similar sound cards simply set their IDE ports
to the secondary address and IRQ 15. If your system has either a
multi-I/O card or a PCI motherboard with both IDE ports in place, you'll
need to use a sound card that does *not* have an IDE port on it.

Eventually, the system designers may get around to, say, four IDE ports
instead of two, but I tend to think not. For now in any case, if you want
that many assorted drives connected to your system, SCSI is the way to
go.
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by **J Wuns** » Thu, 15 Aug 1996 04:00:00

> Does anyone know if FreeBSD supports more than 2 IDE controllers?

I think you can configure any number of IDE controllers into the
kernel, as long as you've got distinct port addresses and IRQ lines
for them. (The latter is often enough the show-stopper.)

However, the GENERIC kernel has only two controllers, wdc0 and wdc1.

--
cheers, J"org

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Does FreeBSD support more than 2 IDE Controllers?

Does FreeBSD support more than 2 IDE Controllers?

Does FreeBSD support more than 2 IDE Controllers?

Does FreeBSD support more than 2 IDE Controllers?