Yifan Yu wrote:
>
> 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.
You can get them recognized by the installer, it's just a matter of
specifying "ide2=0x<blah>,0x<blah>,<blah>" at the install prompt.
Check the archives for an explanation of what <blah> should be. Axalon
and I discussed it sometime last week.
Note that the above is only necessary during installation. After that
6.1 recognizes the controller just fine.
> 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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