On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, W Bauske wrote:
> Paul Allen wrote:
>
<snip>
> I keep Linux on it's own disk, not where I store data. I give
> Linux a token drive of a few GB and then put very large UATA66
> drives on Promise cards. Just assembled an XP1000 with 4 60GB
> Maxtor drives. As to your problem, I'd bet you're using the same
> disk for OS and data. Add a separate data disk and I'll bet
> it works fine. Heck, you can buy a 60GB Maxtor for $240 and
> a promise card for $30 and have massive data storage for $270...
>
> SCSI isn't even close for $$/MB. You could buy 3 60GB Maxtors
> for the price of a 50GB SCSI drive.
>
> You will need the E-IDE DMA patches to make it hum. Contact me
> if you decide to try it and I can tell you what to watch out
> for.
On a related note, is there any success with Promise Ultra-66 cards with
PC164/SRM? Last I tried, srm didn't see the card, hence it wasn't
initialized correctly. Linux with the ide patches could see neither the
drive nor the controller attached.
TIA,
Robb
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