On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> tal amir wrote:
> >
> > Yes it is.... :-)
> >
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> >
> > On 6/15/00, 2:35:45 PM, "Cecil Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> > regarding [expert] Promise ATA-66:
> >
> > > Is the Promise ATA-66 supported in 7.1? Thanks in advance,
> >
> > > Cecil
>
>
> Yes, it is, BUT
>
> ABIT B_6 boards require special LILO settings for their
> installation on ATA66 to work properly
Not correct, I use LILO without any options, just make a ~10MB boot partition
and mount it under /boot and install LILO on it (when using older LILO
versions, make sure it is located beneath the 1024th cilinder).
Also, using the special LILO reverse options, can render some troubles with
some PCI cards / SCSI controllers, like eg. the SB Live! (not sure if that is
fixed now).
>
> Anything but the newest WD disks will give you all sorts of
> errors if you set them to DMA/UDMA
Also using DMA for ATA-pi devices for the Highpoint HPT366 (HotRod) or Promise
20262 is not advisable (for playing DVD etc.). So make sure your DMA using
ATA-pi devices are located on the Intel controller. Also many Maxtor drives
won't work properly on the non-intel ATA66 controllers, the best option is to
reprogram the drives to ATA33 and put them on the Intel controller.
>
> Some board chipsets do not work well with the PCI controller
> card.
>
> So, knowing those things, prepare for an education in BIOSes and
> HDDs and Disk controllers if you are in the 40% who need to do
> special things.
>
> Civileme
Cheers,
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