Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 08:04:18 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Burr <d_burr@ix.netcom.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Questions -- using IDE with SCSI, and how to add more swap space? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951103075058.3860B-100000@ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov>
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NOTE: the From/Reply-To headers may be incorrect on this message, since I'm posting from my freebsd box. Please reply to this message by sending it to d_burr@ix.netcom.com Thanks. I discovered, last night, that I made a *BIG* goof when initially setting up my FreeBSD slices quite a few months ago. I discovered this when I tried running XFree86 last night, and got "insufficient memory". I checked my slice setup, and found that (ARGH!) I only allocated a 10 MB (or so) swap partition. Not enough, apparently. I really would rather not tear apart my whole drive, and have to set everything back up again. So, looking around, I found a nice Seagate 150MB IDE drive lying around. I plugged it in, and, lo and behold, IT WORKS!!! So I figure, why not use this drive for FreeBSD stuff only? I could allocate a nice 50 MB or so swap, and use the rest for archival storage, /home accounts, whatever. But, my problem is this: My computer is entirely SCSI-based. My one main hard drive is a 1.0 GB SCSI drive, driven by a Adaptec 1542CF controller. No IDE in my system whatsoever. I do, however, have a spare IDE card lying about, that I can configure via jumpers. It allows me to use either the Primary or Secondary IRQ address for IDE. Wow, hey, I heard of this, because those people who can't afford SCSI use secondary IDE to be able to squeeze 4 HD's into their computer case. Now, my problem is this: I heard that you can have both IDE and SCSI in the same system, but if you do, the computer will *ALWAYS* boot from the IDE. This is not what I want, since this would complicate things. BUT... maybe the system only tries booting from the PRIMARY IDE, and leaves the secondary (if it's even there) alone. I don't know. In fact, I don't even know if you can use a Secondary IDE drive in a system WITHOUT a PRIMARY one... I admit that I'm totally clueless about this secondary IDE business. I've never had to use it, and now that I have SCSI, I vowed never to touch IDE again in my life. But, for this, I'll make an exception. If anyone can please help me out, and answer some of my questions, I would be eternally grateful. Please contact me by EMail or whatever. PS I did look around in lots of different FAQs, but honesty could not find the answers I seek. Donald Burr [d_burr@ix.netcom.com], PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212 TEL (805)564-1871 // FAX 564-2315 // WWW http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/~dburr PGP Public Key available by request (send e-mail) or Public Key Servers. ** Uphold your right to privacy - Use PGP. **
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