Quoting Ian C. Sison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):

> Ah but then come the rounded ide cables to the rescue!

Excellent idea.

> Sometimes its also ok to get a firmware raid card and run it using
> software RAID, because at least for Promise PDC, you will definitly get
> ATA-100, which is sometimes iffy if your onboard IDE is not supported by
> the linux IDE UDMA driver (read:  Serverworks chipset can only go up to
> ATA-33).

I heard that, too.  That's a pity, because ATA 66 (if not ATA 100) is
probably worth the trouble.  

But the fact that you can't use the Promise without proprietary,
binary-only drivers makes it the wrong choice, in my view.  Even 
though they're cheaper.  Not worth the disadvantages:
http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/#hardwaresupport

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