Re: IDE controller card recommendation

[Mariusz Kruk <kruk@rdc.pl>]

Roberto C. Sanchez napisał(a):
> > > I'm not going to answer about the right controller (dont have RAID 
> > > experience) but IIRC can you can only have four IDE controllers in 
> > > one system (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary & Quartinary) so your total 
> > > will be 8 drives including the CD-ROM?
> > Only if they are seen as IDE controllers from computer's point of 
> > view. You could, for example get Promise Supertrak SX6000 and have 
> > more ide controllers.
> Does that mean that if I plug in the two cards I cannot use the four new
> channels in addition to the two onboard channels?  Is there any way around
> that?

As far as I see in /usr/src/whatever/Documentation/devices.txt there are 
up to eight IDE channels.