Re: Are Linux users all childish fools? What better reason to use Windows.

From: Ruel Smith (NoWay_at_NoWhere.com)
Date: 08/06/04 

Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 17:09:05 -0400

On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 03:45:01 GMT, Unix/Linux Community at Cerritos
College <nospam@campus.cc.ca.us> wrote:

>The only "idiot" here is the one that can't get Linux to work. Sounds
>like you built your system from an INcompatibility list. And I'd like
>to know just how many XP users are running RAID controllers - and why?
>
>Aftab Singh wrote:
>
>> I have posted an honest message documenting my trials with Suse 9.1.
>> So what do I see as replies? Looks like a collection of replies
>> from 8 year old weirdos. So let us talk facts instead of tripe.
>>
>> 1. Can you PROVE TO ME that the P4P800 RAID controller is supported by
>> Suse 9.1? I is a VIA 6410 chipset. It functions FULLY with Windows XP
>
>> If you can't or are unable to prove this why don't you just shut your
>> lying mouths, grow up and admit that Linux has failed, miserably in
>> this case instead of acting like 2 year olds.
>>
>> What a bunch of fools you are and with every ill informed post you
>> look even more foolish.
>
>> Keep up the good work idiots.
>> Aftab

Top posting... Tisk, tisk... As a Linux user here, you should know
better.

Anyway, I run RAID on my XP. I hate long load times of games, so I run
RAID. Disk I/O is the biggest bottleneck in the system, and wanted to
open up that bottleneck. My setup is with 2 Maxtor ATA133 drives with
2MB cache. Going to newer, denser drives with 8MB cache should really
bump up the speed. My current setup has almost been matched by a
single newer drive sporting 8MB cache and denser platters.

As for the OP, Windows does not support the 6410 chipset. Via supports
it. Microsoft does not support hardware. Linux, OTOH, does support
much hardware natively.

The controller is supported for Linux by Via:

http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=297

The controller for SuSE 8.2 should work.

___

My apologies for posting from Windows, as my SuSE machine is down for
a hardware upgrade. It'll be back online in about a week, when all the
parts have arrived.

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