Civileme
Are you saying the mother board will not work period? Or are you rather
saying the raid portion of the motherboard will not work....ie. the onboard
promise adaptor will be supported for the 100 ATA harddrive rate in Linux
but the Raid portion will not work????
Tazmun
----- Original Message -----
From: "OOzy Pal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Brandon Caudle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] A good Motherboard
> Hi
>
> Are you saying that this motherboard will not work
> with Linux? If this true then I am screwed.
>
> http://tw.msi.com.tw/showroom/mainboard/eng/k7tturbo-R.htm
>
>
>
> --- Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Friday 01 June 2001 01:25, OOzy Pal wrote:
> > > I have already ordered my system with
> > >
> > > MSI K7T Turbo-R
> > >
> > > I hope it works fine. Even though it is RAID but I
> > am
> > > running it as a normal IDE.
> > >
> >
> > I hope you realize you have the right to turn it
> > around unopened and I
> > STRONGLY recommend you do so. I can more or less
> > guarantee it will NOT work.
> >
> > Make it the manufacturer's problem not yours--you
> > bought a board with WinIDE.
> >
> > Civileme
> >
> >
> > > --- Tim Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > *sigh* HTML in email is EVIL!
> > > >
> > > > But back to the point... the ASUS A7V133, is a
> > VERY
> > > > NICE motherboard. That's what I'm running right
> > > > now.
> > > > It supports 266 FSB, it has a Promise ATA
> > Controller
> > > > on board, which will handle 4 IDE devices. IT
> > then
> > > > comes with the regular IDE controller that all
> > > > motherboards come with. So you could have 8 IDE
> > > > devices
> > > > in the machine provided you have the room in the
> > > > case and then room on the power supply for the 8
> > > > devices.
> > > >
> > > > But if you want recommendations for a
> > motherboard,
> > > > you really need to know what kind of processor
> > > > you're
> > > > looking to go with. The A7V133 is a AMD
> > > > motherboard. I'm not sure if they make a
> > > > motherboard like that,
> > > > that supports Intel.
> > > >
> > > > The motherboad is about $150-$160, but it's
> > worth
> > > > it!
> > > > tdh
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > T. Holmes
> > > > UNIXTECHS.org
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > -----------------
> > > > "Real Men Us Vi!"
> > > >
> > > > | hy,
> > > > | i dont know if there are special drivers for
> > linux
> > > >
> > > > but the asus a7v133 has
> > > >
> > > > | 4 ide channels. 2 are normal ide's, so they
> > work
> > > >
> > > > under linux for sure.
> > > >
> > > > | the other 2 are controlled by a promise chip
> > (for
> > > >
> > > > win98 you need a driver
> > > >
> > > > | from promise for them).
> > > > | the connectors can be used to access 4 ide
> > > >
> > > > peripherals, or the
> > > >
> > > > | 2 primary ide's can be used to build a raid-0
> > > >
> > > > array.
> > > >
> > > > | regards
> > > > | mp
> > > > |
> > > > |
> > > > |
> > > > |
> > > > | Am Montag, 28. Mai 2001 00:37 schrieb Brandon
> > > >
> > > > Caudle:
> > > > | > <html><DIV>
> > > > | > <P>the maximumis 4 ide devices/</P>
> > > > | > <P> </P>
> > > > | > <P>brandon caudle<BR><BR></P></DIV>
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>From: "Pauwel Demeyer"
> > > >
> > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [newbie] A good
> > > >
> > > > Motherboard
> > > >
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>Date: Sat, 26 May 2001
> > 20:04:41
> > > >
> > > > +0200
> > > >
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>The problem is there are no
> > MB's
> > > >
> > > > who have more than 2
> > > >
> > > > | > IDE-connectors <DIV></DIV>>(as far
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>as I know, so the best is
> > getting
> > > >
> > > > an extra card with again
> > > >
> > > > | > two <DIV></DIV>>IDE-connectors on it)
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>----Original Message
> > Follows----
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>From: OOzy Pal
> > > >
> > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>Subject: [newbie] A good
> > > >
> > > > Motherboard
> > > >
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>Date: Sat, 26 May 2001
> > 08:46:50
> > > >
> > > > -0700 (PDT)
> > > >
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>Hello
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>Anyone knows a good
> > motherboard
> > > >
> > > > that works fine with
> > > >
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>Linux and has more than two
> > IDEs
> > > >
> > > > (because I have 2
> > > >
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>hard drives, CD, CDRW, and a
> > zip
> > > >
> > > > drive, so I need more
> > > >
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>than 2 IDEs)
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>OOzy
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>=====
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>Regards,
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>OOzy
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>What is the purpose of life?
> > > > | > <DIV></DIV>>
> > >
> > >
> >
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> =====
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> OOzy
>
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