Re: [newbie] Newbie Stops Leaping Forward!
So are you saying that the new ATA100 cables have to plug into 2 seperate interfaces? I have not seen one of the new drives or cables for them. I looked at Abit's KA7-100 spec.sheet, but it wasn't very insightful as to what those extra slots were for. Just assumed they were like the KT7-RAID. Guess that's what I get for assuming. :) And I thought I got over assuming things after I assumed Micro$oft would fix their software!! Hehe they act just like regular IDE controllers.. two drives per port. -x. -- "Death is merciful, for there is no return therefrom, but for him who has come back out of the nethermost chambers of night, haggard and knowing, peace rests nevermore" - Howard Phillips Lovecraft ICQ 4841244
Re: [newbie] Newbie Stops Leaping Forward!
It was Nov 7, 2000, 19:55, when Steve Maytum keyboarded: Hello everyone. I have managed to boot-up my new M/board and chip thanks to your suggestions. Still getting to grips with Linux , but just one answer please if possible. In view of info on setting up new PC , am I correct in thinking that to fit multiple drives this has to be achieved by SCSI device? Sorry to bug you but I really don't know the answer and am too inexperienced to know where to go just yet! Regards -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can set up 4 IDE devices on a normal motherboard. Some special ones even appear to have 4 interfaces making a total of 8 devices. SCSI will allow for 7 devices, with certain controllers upto 15 devices in a chain. Paul -- Bustard (n.): a very rude Metrobus driver. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21 on Linux Mandrake 7.1=-
[newbie] Newbie Stops Leaping Forward!
Hello everyone. I have managed to boot-up my new M/board and chip thanks to your suggestions. Still getting to grips with Linux , but just one answer please if possible. In view of info on setting up new PC , am I correct in thinking that to fit multiple drives this has to be achieved by SCSI device? Sorry to bug you but I really don't know the answer and am too inexperienced to know where to go just yet! Regards -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Newbie Stops Leaping Forward!
- Original Message - From: "Paul" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 3:43 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Newbie Stops Leaping Forward! It was Nov 7, 2000, 19:55, when Steve Maytum keyboarded: Hello everyone. I have managed to boot-up my new M/board and chip thanks to your suggestions. Still getting to grips with Linux , but just one answer please if possible. In view of info on setting up new PC , am I correct in thinking that to fit multiple drives this has to be achieved by SCSI device? Sorry to bug you but I really don't know the answer and am too inexperienced to know where to go just yet! Regards -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can set up 4 IDE devices on a normal motherboard. Some special ones even appear to have 4 interfaces making a total of 8 devices. SCSI will allow for 7 devices, with certain controllers upto 15 devices in a chain. Paul Those boards with 4 interfaces are RAID boards. ABit makes one for the athlon/thunderbird (KT7-RAID, I think)You can really only use the normal 2 interfaces for up to 4 drives. The other 2 interfaces are used to mirror the first 2. If you're looking for general storage ability, and don't really need speed on the extra drives, I would suggest IEEE1394 (or FireWire as it's more commonly called). I believe you can daisychain up to 63 devices to a single port, and it's much faster than USB (50MB/sec.)!! Now the only question is if it's supported under mdk7.2.
Re: [newbie] Newbie Stops Leaping Forward!
Those boards with 4 interfaces are RAID boards. ABit makes one for the athlon/thunderbird (KT7-RAID, I think)You can really only use the normal 2 interfaces for up to 4 drives. The other 2 interfaces are used to mirror the first 2. no... they are ATA100 controllers.. i just built one yesterday. they're like onboard SCSI host controllers but with IDE 80 pin connectors and you can use them however you like as i understand.. the ATA100 controller sure didn't mind the 66 drive i put on it.. -x. -- "Death is merciful, for there is no return therefrom, but for him who has come back out of the nethermost chambers of night, haggard and knowing, peace rests nevermore" - Howard Phillips Lovecraft ICQ 4841244
Re: [newbie] Newbie Stops Leaping Forward!
Steve Maytum wrote: Hello everyone. I have managed to boot-up my new M/board and chip thanks to your suggestions. Still getting to grips with Linux , but just one answer please if possible. In view of info on setting up new PC , am I correct in thinking that to fit multiple drives this has to be achieved by SCSI device? Sorry to bug you but I really don't know the answer and am too inexperienced to know where to go just yet! Regards -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Not at all, we were all(and are still) newbies. Most motherboards today have a floppy controller, and two IDE controllers. Each of the IDE controllers can control two IDE disks, master and slave. You should be able to fit 4 drives on most motherboards. Your CD-ROM will be one of those devices if it is IDE. Gene
Re: [newbie] Newbie Stops Leaping Forward!
- Original Message - From: "xaos" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 9:23 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Newbie Stops Leaping Forward! Those boards with 4 interfaces are RAID boards. ABit makes one for the athlon/thunderbird (KT7-RAID, I think)You can really only use the normal 2 interfaces for up to 4 drives. The other 2 interfaces are used to mirror the first 2. no... they are ATA100 controllers.. i just built one yesterday. they're like onboard SCSI host controllers but with IDE 80 pin connectors and you can use them however you like as i understand.. the ATA100 controller sure didn't mind the 66 drive i put on it.. -x. So are you saying that the new ATA100 cables have to plug into 2 seperate interfaces? I have not seen one of the new drives or cables for them. I looked at Abit's KA7-100 spec.sheet, but it wasn't very insightful as to what those extra slots were for. Just assumed they were like the KT7-RAID. Guess that's what I get for assuming. :) And I thought I got over assuming things after I assumed Micro$oft would fix their software!! Hehe
Re: [newbie] Newbie Stops Leaping Forward!
you can use as many IDE drives in your box as you have ports for on your mobo. -- Mark Larry is NOT a cucumber...he's a stinkin pickle... WITH WARTS! registered linux user # 182496 =/\= PINE 4.21 =/\= ** On Tue, 7 Nov 2000 Steve Maytum had this to say! Hello everyone. I have managed to boot-up my new M/board and chip thanks to your suggestions. Still getting to grips with Linux , but just one answer please if possible. In view of info on setting up new PC , am I correct in thinking that to fit multiple drives this has to be achieved by SCSI device? Sorry to bug you but I really don't know the answer and am too inexperienced to know where to go just yet! Regards -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
