Might order one before I get a drive, that way I get current chipsets :)
and the one everyone seems to be using...
The chipsets, between the onboard and the PCI controller type, are slightly
different from my readings of mail lists around the globe. Can't recall
exact specs, but I did see it after a search on google. Just like we have
mixed reports of success.
Thanks for the reply :)
> On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Archives show info about promise ATA100 onboard controllers on the
>> Asus A7V as being supported, but I am trying to find out if the PCI
>> version of the controller works under linux.
>
> The PCI card should work just as well as the on-board version. All of
> those on-board devices are on the PCI bus anyway (except for the
> ancient legacy devices that are ISA!). Take a look at lspci some time.
>
> It should be OK unless different versions or revisions of the chip are
> used and that screws up the Linux driver...
>
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