Re: (OT)more than 2 ide devices ?

[marco <marcoangles@netcourrier.com>]

Here is a digest of the two answers I receive...

First answer :
 Not on a G3 with Rev. A ROMS...
 whereby no Slave Drives are supported.

Second answer:
 I don't see why not, as long as you have a PCI bus.
 You should be able to handle at least 10 drives, if not 14.
 Don't overload the power supply. (either 5v or 12v lines)

Extremely desapointing don't you know ?

My installation is :
ide0--------- 20Go disk ----  /dev/hda
     \--------  cdrom      ----   /dev/hdb
ide1--------  4Go disk  ---- non recognized...

When it was one disk on each ide both were recognized.

Here is the specs sheet for my box.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43124

Then I was on apple discussion board and BIG SH**
the answer 1 was good:-(

and :

"If you truly have a RevA G3 then you face a significant issue...the
RevA ROM does not support master-slave setups."you want a two hdds you
can: a) get a ROM revB or C;
b) get an IDE host interface/controller card for your PCI slots and then
you can hook up a bunch od hdds; c) toss the cdrom and stick a hdd in
it's place; d) use the SCSI interface for a SCSI hdd and
e) go external with a Firewire or SCSI hdd... "

humour... no ?

Thanks a lot

--
marco



Le Mon, 28 Oct 2002 14:38:31 -0500
marco <marco@iftbqp.com> écrivait :
> Hi, 
> is it possible to plug (like in a PC box) more than two ide devices on
> a g3 beige ?
> 
> had someone done it ?