Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 23:12:32 +0200 From: Siegbert Baude <siegbert.baude@gmx.de> To: measl@mfn.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Limit to # of IDE drives? Message-ID: <3AD0D440.9DE9A307@gmx.de> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104080626140.28206-100000@greeves.mfn.org>
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> I am having difficulty in going over 6 IDE drives: I don't seem to > be able to "configure" the devices (according to the error messages). What is the exact error message following which action? > The > system has three PCI IDE controllers, each with 2 channels. Although all > of the cards are recognized on boot probes, and although every drive seems > to function if I remove one other drive (resulting in that magical number > 6 again), I seem unable to get the seventh (or eight, etc.) IDE drive to > work. Don't know if there is a limit (can't imagine though). Did you try to make the /dev entries above /dev/ad6, /dev/ad7, ... ? Ciao Siegbert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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