support for controller and Serial ATA

[Reuben D. Budiardja]

On Thursday 19 February 2004 11:14 am, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
> At 07:11 2/19/2004, you wrote:
> >When you say Promise doesn't work very well, do you mean Promise Hardware
> >RAID? I was just looking for the controller, and then do Software RAID.
>
> I've had good success with either Promise or HighPoint embedded controllers
> on motherboards IF AND ONLY IF they are used as IDE controllers. Just for
> plugging in a disk or CD-ROM, they work beautifully. However, trying to do
> RAID with their closed, buggy drivers is hell... do software RAID instead.

Thanks. This is what I need to hear :)

RDB
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Reuben D. Budiardja
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