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SubjectRe: Limit of 6 IDE interfaces?
> Is this a physical limit of PC architecture or simply a driver
> limit?

Neither... channel can have two IDE devices, most controllers have
two channels. You can have multiple controllers.

> I have 2 onboard UDMA controllers, and 4 PCI slots. I can put 4
> Promise Ultra33 controllers in this PC. Is there any way to use
> them all?

I don't know about all of them... I think there is a driver limit of
16 or so in 2.2.x and 8 in 2.0.x. I think it should work... I think
Mark Lord has done this and worse.





-cw

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