More info on Maxblast and Linux(Redhat,should apply to Mandrake)
http://www.maxtor.com/technology/q&a/qa901002.html#Q4
Linux and UltraDMA Mini-Howto
http://siva.usc.edu/~brion/linux/Ultra-DMA.html
B.W.
I use a FIC VA503+ and a 4.3 Gig WesternDigital HD and
have had no problems. I think I set the drive to LBA
in the BIOS also.
--- Steve Philp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Civileme wrote:
> >
> > things to avoid>
>
> DO NOT add this motherboard, nor big drives to your
> "avoid" list.
>
> As
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Civileme wrote:
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DO NOT add this motherboard, nor big drives to your "
Civileme wrote:
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>
DO NOT add this motherboard, nor big drives to your "avoid" list.
As I've already posted, I previously used a FIC-503+ board along with a
7G and a 6.4G drive. Neither drive had ANY problems. Setting the BIOS
to LBA (or possibly LARGE, though it's been awhile since I pla
Try www.compgeeks.com. They may have a few Promise EIDE controllers
left.
DON'T, not even in an air raid, consider an ISA EIDE controller. I
think that sort of bottleneck could break a lot of assumptions made by
the programmers.
If you cannot get the board there for a substantial discount, t