Promise or Highpoint IDE card?

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mi, den 31.03.2004 schrieb Brian Chase um 03:43:
> I disagree, the first upgrade you do with your kernel, you won't see the 
> hard drive, stay away from Promise products with Linux, they admit they 
> have poor or no support for Linux and are software RAID.
> 
> Here's a good blurb on SATA adapters, a little off topic, but relevant to 
> support and general Linux compatibility.
> 
> 	http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html
> 
> Regards,
> 
> BC

But in this special case - for which the OP asked: just plain parallel
IDE usage, no RAID, no SATA - both cards are supported by driver modules
offered by the kernel, no third party modules from vendors needed. Or do
I err?

Alexander


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