jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau) (01/17/91)
mcl9337@harpo.tamu.edu (LOWE, MARK CHRISTOPHER) writes: >I have a 386 clone with Phoenix BIOS. We already have two IDE drives installed >and would like another. Of course, the BIOS will only recognize two fixed >disks. Is there a driver of some sort that will allow me to have more than >two? Or is there a simpler method that I'm just not aware of?? Not with IDE. Unless someone has developed an IDE adaptor with an on-board BIOS that will allow MS-DOS to recognize the adaptor at a secondary port address and IRQ. The current implementation of IDE calls only for a single adaptor that handles only two hard drives; a master and slave. // JCA /* **--------------------------------------------------------------------------* ** Flames : /dev/null | What to buy? ** ARPANET : crash!pnet01!jca@nosc.mil | EISA or MCA? ** INTERNET: jca@pnet01.cts.com | When will the bus wars end? ** UUCP : {nosc ucsd hplabs!hp-sdd}!crash!pnet01!jca **--------------------------------------------------------------------------* */