I have an Iwill KK266-R. Can I use 3 HDDs and 2 Rom-drives without using Raid?

[SithSolo1]

If this is the wrong forum, please don't stone me.

Right now I have two I dentical 30GB HDDs, a DVD-rom, and a CD-RW. I want to add a removeable HD for backup but I don't know how to go about doing it.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thx,
J

 

[networkman]

There are additional IDE channels besides Primary and Secondary - you'll just need to find a card that supports them. I've seen references to Tertiary and Quaternary IDE channels(3rd and 4th). If I can find a card supporting such, I'll post.

Edit: Okay, HERE you go - this is a PDF, so you'll need Adobe Acrobat, but suffice to say the Promise Ultra 100 controller will do what you need as it can support 4 ATA drives and can co-exist with the IDE channels on your motherboard, for a total of 8 IDE devices.

 

[SithSolo1]

Hmm, was kinda hoping I wouldn't have to buy an add-on card but thx.

 

[Viper96720]

Can you use one of the ide ports from the raid controller on board? Don't use it as a raid array. Hook up your rom drives to the raid ports and use the primary and secondary for the hard drives.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: SithSolo1
If this is the wrong forum, please don't stone me.

Right now I have two I dentical 30GB HDDs, a DVD-rom, and a CD-RW. I want to add a removeable HD for backup but I don't know how to go about doing it.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thx,
J

Yes you can. The raid channels will act like any other ide channel when raid is not being used.

 

[SithSolo1]

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