mandrake as early as 7.1 autodetected and setup support for my promise
contoller card....worked fine....I suspect it would work fine onboard as
well....although I don'tknow for sure
Tazmun
----- Original Message -----
From: "mp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Brandon Caudle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] A good Motherboard
> hy,
> i dont know if there are special drivers for linux but the asus a7v133 has
> 4 ide channels. 2 are normal ide's, so they work under linux for sure.
> the other 2 are controlled by a promise chip (for win98 you need a driver
> from promise for them).
> the connectors can be used to access 4 ide peripherals, or the
> 2 primary ide's can be used to build a raid-0 array.
> regards
> mp
>
>
>
>
> Am Montag, 28. Mai 2001 00:37 schrieb Brandon Caudle:
> > <html><DIV>
> > <P>the maximumis 4 ide devices/</P>
> > <P> </P>
> > <P>brandon caudle<BR><BR></P></DIV>
> > <DIV></DIV>
> > <DIV></DIV>>From: "Pauwel Demeyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > <DIV></DIV>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > <DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [newbie] A good Motherboard
> > <DIV></DIV>>Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 20:04:41 +0200
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> > <DIV></DIV>>The problem is there are no MB's who have more than 2
> > IDE-connectors <DIV></DIV>>(as far
> > <DIV></DIV>>as I know, so the best is getting an extra card with
again
> > two <DIV></DIV>>IDE-connectors on it)
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> > <DIV></DIV>>----Original Message Follows----
> > <DIV></DIV>>From: OOzy Pal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > <DIV></DIV>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > <DIV></DIV>>Subject: [newbie] A good Motherboard
> > <DIV></DIV>>Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 08:46:50 -0700 (PDT)
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> > <DIV></DIV>>Hello
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> > <DIV></DIV>>Anyone knows a good motherboard that works fine with
> > <DIV></DIV>>Linux and has more than two IDEs (because I have 2
> > <DIV></DIV>>hard drives, CD, CDRW, and a zip drive, so I need more
> > <DIV></DIV>>than 2 IDEs)
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> > <DIV></DIV>>OOzy
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> > <DIV></DIV>>=====
> > <DIV></DIV>>Regards,
> > <DIV></DIV>>OOzy
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