You can get an ide expansion card, and add 4 more hdds. http://www.verbatim.com.au/Hardware/interfacecards/dma100.html It's the first thing that popped up on google. It's Aussie, but I'm sure you can find an American retailer. As far as the cluster/block size, I don't know. I've always just stuck w/ what was default. 'df --help' gets some good options. -sean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Zachary at KRSA" <linux@xxxxxxxx> Date: Friday, September 7, 2001 12:47 pm Subject: [juneau-lug] total number of physical hard drives > While I'm thinking of huge storage ability, when using EIDE > drives, am I limited to four physical drives in a PC? or Could I > install an additional EIDE controller for six or two additional > controllers for eight hard drives? > > Dan > > > > ------------------------------------ > This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with the word unsubscribe in the subject header. > ------------------------------------ This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject header.