Can you combine SCSI and IDE hard drives? Will such a SCSI handle large HDs if the motherboard BIOS can only handle up to 8.4 GB? Thanks. Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Registered Linux user 183185 ----- Original Message ----- From: Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Promise Ultra100 controller > So sprach Nicky Peeters am Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 03:21:30PM +0100: > > Could anyone tell me what the benefits are of such a card, besides the ata100 > > instead ata66 ? > > a) It's ata100 *g* > b) You can use ata100 drives (or ata66 for that matter) in systems that > don't support it directly via the mainboard > c) You can add an additional amount of 4 devices to your system, which makes > 8 (and only about half as much as a UltraSCSI adaptor is capable to support > *g*) > > Alexander Skwar > -- > How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) > Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx > GnuPG ID: 4E35467E FP: 93367E5B4AB777B42065533F456FF17C4E35467E > ICQ: 7328191 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. >
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