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 _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
