Re: Time to buy a new computer

[Marc Britten <yugami@usxchange.net>]

if he uses the udma66 controllers he will have 2 more controllers in
addition to the 2 ata33/ide controllers

Wade Hampton wrote:
> 
> "Daniel E. Markle" wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 16, 2000 at 12:00:45PM -0400, Wade Hampton wrote:
> > > Only problem is you fast run into the 4 drive limit (1 20G HD, 1 DVD,
> > > 1 CD-R/RW, 1 ZIP -- I'm done).
> >
> > The limit isn't 4 drives, it's 12.  Linux 2.2 can handle 6 IDE controllers,
> > 2.4 will handle 10.  The only problem is the additional slots needed for more
> > IDE controller cards, but if you get a dual IDE card, and have two IDE ports
> > on the motherboard, you've got 2 controllers for 2 drives (one for each) and
> > 2 more controllers for 4 more IDE devices.  Not too bad.
> Not bad, but I tend to run out of slots fast (video, video capture,
> 2 sound cards, 10/100 NIC, modem, etc.)
> 
> Cheers,
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