I do know for a fact that the Mandrake 6.1 will not be able to detect your
Promise Ultra66 controller(PCI card). That is what I have, and Linux
thinks that I
have no hard drives.
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Collin J. Davidson wrote:
> The Promise Ultra66 IDE controller is nice. I can definately tell a
> difference when I'm running Win98. As for running it under Linux, that is a
> different question. I would definately recommend reading the Ultra-DMA How
> To before you buy the card. Here is a link.
> http://www.linux-howto.com/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Ultra-DMA.html I'm still fairly
> new to Linux, so I still don't have things setup quite right. I've also
> seen references to a beta driver provided by Promise on thier web page.
> Supposedly, it only works with certain kernal versions. I can't really say
> how well it performs. Good luck.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: M Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 12:54 PM
> Subject: [newbie] Ultra66 IDE Controller card for Linux?
>
>
> > I would like to purchase a Promise Ultra66 IDE controller and a Quantum
> > Ultra ATA/66 harddisk.
> >
> > Is anyone currently running an Ultra66 IDE controller with Linux? Does
> > Linux support this card well? How do you like the Ultra66 IDE controller?
> > Where do you go to get support on running this controller under the Linux
> > OS?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for comments and suggestions,
> > Matt
> >
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