On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 07:48:03PM -0400, Nathanael Hasbrouck wrote: > I'd like to put an IDE controller in by 7600/G3 this summer, and I > noticed a couple people on the list are using Promise cards. They're > fairly cheap, and I'm curious. :^) Is there anything special I > should know before I get one? I'm currently looking at the TX2 Ultra > 100 card, but that's subject to change. How is support for the newer > cards? Will I need to compile drivers or has someone already done > that? I know it won't be bootable, and working under Mac isn't a > priority. Any experience out there?
I have a bunch of the Promise TX2 Ultra cards working with Debian. They work REALLY well and offer quite a performance boost. However, the only way I could get them working is after compiling my own kernel... I never tried using one with my Mac, but have had great luck on my x86 systems... I have tried them with the 2.4.19 and 2.4.20 kernels, and both work great. -- :wq! Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org
