Re: Adding IDE Interface to 486 System

[Sean Hamilton <gearhead interport net>]

On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, rick hamell wrote:

> > Greetings!  I am in the process of ressurrecting an older 486 to use with
> > Linux.  The system has one IDE connector and the CMOS setup only has room
> > for two drives.  I have two HD's and one CDROM I want to install in this
> > machine.
> > 
> > Is there an ISA card that I could purchase to add the extra IDE interface
> > and would Linux be able to use the extra interface?
> 
> 	Yes, it's called a dual port IDE card. Good luck finding one 
> though! Make sure you get documentation with it, as you'll probally end 
> up buying a used one.

Try JDR Microdevices or MicroWarehouse. I've seen these in both their
catalogs.

However, I've not had good luck getting older BIOSes to recognize
IDE CDROMs. You might have better luck with an older CDROM on an
ISA interface card. Checkout JDR Microdevices, they're good for a lot
of this kind of stuff.