> 1) I didn't know one could have more than 4 EIDE devices. For which bus
> architecture is this true for? PCI or ISA? How does this works? (I'm just
> technically curious since I've got all 4 EIDE devices in my system and
> have three more hard disks going begging that I'd love to reuse)
Just add more PCI IDE cards to the system, and plug in those drives.
I usually have at least six drives plugged in, and others swapped among
other machines (I use "IDE racks" to make the fixed disks "removeable").
cheers
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