An interesting note, I use an old 486-style MB with an AMD X5-133 CPU. It
need EZ-Disk to access my 8-gig HD, and I dual boot Win95 and Linux-Mandrake
6.0 with no problems!? (LILO is my boot manager, loaded in the MBR)
Ernie
----- Original Message -----
From: Simon Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 3:12 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] EIDE Controler
> I have built a Linux setup based around a Promise Ultra 33 controller,
with
> no trouble. In fact, if I rememeber rightly, it didn't even notice! It had
> been set up previously within Windows, and something called 'bus
mastering'
> is added to my BIOS startup, so that may have made a difference.
>
> The Ultra 33 is now dirt cheap, almost half of what I paid for it, mainly
> because of the Ultra 66. Of course, if you need UDMA 66, you need the new
> card, but I've not tried it.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Thomas & Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 5:15 AM
> Subject: [newbie] EIDE Controler
>
>
> My Motherboard does not recognise my EIDE hard drive with out using
> EZ Bios. I am looking for a EIDE Controller card that Linux will work
> with. I have seen lists of compatable equipment but nothing about
> EIDE Controller Cards.
>
> Thomas
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