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Old August 31st 03, 12:29 PM
pesid
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hello,
Is there any way to have more than 4 hard disks (include any IDE device
cd-rom, dvd etc.)
on a system. What do I need?
thanks





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Old August 31st 03, 06:05 PM
Mike Walsh
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Get a PCI board, e.g. Promise ATA100/ATA133. This will allow you to add 4 more IDE devices.

pesid wrote:

hello,
Is there any way to have more than 4 hard disks (include any IDE device
cd-rom, dvd etc.)
on a system. What do I need?
thanks


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Old September 8th 03, 07:02 AM
Chris Johnson
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yeah, add a pci ide adaptor
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hello,
Is there any way to have more than 4 hard disks (include any IDE device
cd-rom, dvd etc.)
on a system. What do I need?
thanks







 




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