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From: "Julian Thomas" 
> In , on 01/10/06 
>    at 09:05 AM, Ray Davison  typed:
> 
> >> I would think that you could probably also add a Promise card to a SATA
> >> machine (never tried this).
> 
> >It is a PCI card.  Does it care what other IDE ports are on the MB?
> 
> I don't have one currently around, but I used one at one time to get
> around a bios limitation on an older (now defunct) MB with no problems.  I
> think I used the onboard port for the CD.
>  
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Hello
  Confirmed.  I presently have a system with 4 hdd's on a Promise PCI card
with a CDROM on the onboard controller.  I have also from time to time had
other hdd's on the onboard.  Because the add-on cards have their own bios
that loads after POST, there is no problem hardware-wise.  There can be
some confusion in various OS's as to how each system orders each drive but
some OS's have workarounds. The Linux kernel, for example, has an option to
reverse order and count offboard devices first.  AFAIK most OS's default to
beginning with onboard (should any exist) first.  Some bioses have options
to alter boot order.  Most situations have enough workarounds that one can
theoretically add numerous drives, though I have yet to try multiple IDE
PCI cards in one box.

  BTW, LOVE the "black magic" tag. Hehehe. Tru dat!

Jimmy


 
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