From 6e728bf708caac9d31be9bafb97a2496222ab33e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: RichardG867 Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 23:57:46 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify some IDE ter/qua stuff --- usage/ideterqua.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/usage/ideterqua.rst b/usage/ideterqua.rst index cb72d88..4e9b46c 100644 --- a/usage/ideterqua.rst +++ b/usage/ideterqua.rst @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ On Windows 2000 only, the additional channels can be enabled after the system is Windows Vista and 7 ------------------- -The Windows NT 6 family does not support non-Plug-and-Play IDE controllers. +The Windows NT 6 family does not support non-Plug-and-Play IDE controllers, and therefore cannot use the additional channels as currently implemented in 86Box. Linux ----- @@ -73,4 +73,4 @@ On kernels older than 2.6.19 (before the switch to ``libata``), add the followin * **Tertiary:** ``ide2=0x168,0x36e,10`` (assuming IRQ 10) * **Quaternary:** ``ide3=0x1e8,0x3ee,11`` (assuming IRQ 11) -Very few Linux distributions will automatically detect and enable both additional channels. +.. note:: Some Linux distributions may automatically detect and enable both additional channels, however, that is very rarely the case.