>From what I found out, the new whiz bang ata100 promise pci controllers are
directly supported with 2.4.x kernels. As far as how 2.2.19 performs with
patches I never really took a look. I am yet to get around to buying one,
and also buying a drive to suit.
-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Moor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, 16 May 2001 7:23
Subject: [SLUG] ATA66 on 2.2.19
>Hi all,
>
>Just wondering if anyone has been running Andre Hedrick's ATA66 patches on
>2.2.19, and what their opinions of them are.
>
>I've got a box I want to use as a file server (amongst other things) on my
>home network, with a 30gb 75GXP. Unfortunately, the onboard IDE sucks, so
>I'm thinking I'll use a promise ATA66 controller. The data I'll be putting
>on it is fairly important to me, and although it'll be backed up, I won't
>like seeing it corrupted/destroyed. :-)
>
>I'm also considering using ReiserFS on the drive. (seems stable enough on
>2.2.x?)
>
>Suggestions, thoughts, and comments on any of the above would be much
>appreciated.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Matt
>
>
>
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