Re: Promise or Highpoint IDE card?

From: Brian Chase (networkr0_at_cfl.rr.com)
Date: 03/31/04

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To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>

    I disagree, the first upgrade you do with your kernel, you won't see the
    hard drive, stay away from Promise products with Linux, they admit they
    have poor or no support for Linux and are software RAID.

    Here's a good blurb on SATA adapters, a little off topic, but relevant to
    support and general Linux compatibility.

            http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html

    Regards,

    BC

    Samuel Flory wrote:

    > Jean-Eric Cuendet wrote:
    >
    >> Hi,
    >> Does anybody know if the IDE Cards from Promise and/or Highpoint work
    >> in Fedora core-1?
    >> I'm specially interested in Promise FastTrack 133 or HighPoint 372.
    >> I don't want to use the RAID functions, just the IDE part.
    >> I can't find good infos...
    >> Thanks
    >> -jec
    >>
    >
    >
    > The Promise FastTrak will work fine as an IDE controller. Attempting
    > to use the driver based raid features can only end badly. Read the
    > ataraid list archives for details. The HPT 372 is said to be much the
    > same, but I'd not used it much.
    > 

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