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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!Germany.EU.net!mcsun!sun4nl!tuegate.tue.nl!svin09.info.win.tue.nl!wzv.win.tue.nl!gvr.win.tue.nl!guido From: guido@gvr.win.tue.nl (Guido van Rooij) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: 2 IDE controllers in one system Date: 17 Jul 1993 14:32:41 GMT Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Lines: 23 Message-ID: <2292i9$qfo@wzv.win.tue.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: gvr.win.tue.nl I have heart that it should be possible to have 2 IDE controllers in one ISA-system. I want to do that to allow having 4 IDE fixed disks in my system. I've got a noname IDE controller on which you can set a jumper for which ioports to use for the fixed disks: either 170-177 or 1f0-1f7. However, I can't see a jumper to set the IRQ channel. So I'll have to change the IRQ by hand (soldering) 1) what is the default irq channel for the second controller 2) Is there any special reason why I shouldn't have 2 IDE controllers in general. 3) Are there any other sugestions. (btw: the reason for me not to buy a SCSI controller is just lack of money.) -Guido -- Guido van Rooij | Internet: guido@gvr.win.tue.nl Bisschopsmolen 16 | Phone: ++31.40.461433 5612 DS Eindhoven | ((12+144+20)+3*sqrt(4))/7 The Netherlands | +(5*11)=9^2+0