[Gllug] Disc partitions

[Alain Williams]

On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 09:16:03PM +0100, damion.yates at gmail.com wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Oct 2008, Alain Williams wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 04:31:44PM +0100, Peter Corlett wrote:
>  
> [snipped]
> 
> > > http://www.span.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=1202&man_filter=82
> > 
> > That is nice ... lets you put many IDE disks into one machine, the 4
> > device IDE limit can be a pain.
>  
> What 4 device limit?  There is a two device limit per channel.  For
> performance it's advised you use only one, but you can have many
> channels, I've seen a box with something like /dev/hda* to /dev/hdm*

Most PC motherboards have 2 IDE connections, thus max 4 disks.

> There is a 4 primary partition limit if you're trying to remain
> compatible with Windows, is that where your confusion comes from?

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