Quote:>I noticed in the Promise EIDE 2300+ data sheet that there is no
>mention of LINUX among the supported OSs. Promise does supply drivers
>for WIN95 and other systems although I am unsure what the purpose of
>these drivers is. Is software support for the 2300 required in LINUX?
The EIDE drivers that come with Linux do just fine. I'm running
1.2.13 and have no trouble with my CD-ROM or my Caviar drive, although
the Caviar doesn't appear to like living on the same channel as my
old Seagate ST1144A. The Seagate appears to coexist OK with the CD-ROM
on the second channel on the Promise card.
After a bit of tweaking I'm getting 3MB/sec as reported by hdparm,
and am seeing ~1MB/second in real world situations. (Compiles/paging
and so on with lots of seeks mixed in.) I consider this pretty good.
Quote:>Are there any special requirements or considerations using the 2300+
>in LINUX? Are you using a WD driver for LINUX? I'm thinking of using a
>Seagate EIDE drive.
Like I said, you have to watch what else you put on the same channel
with the Caviar. This does not appear to be due to the controller though, as
I've had this problem with several other controllers. I've head other reports
that lead me to believe it isn't strictly a function of mixing an old drive
with a new one either.
Let me put in a plug for Promise. While they don't 'support Linux' (they
don't have to, as I said it is built in) they do provide drivers for
several other popular *X systems.
When my computer was delivered, the dealer had installed an incorrect
cable for the second serial port. (The card also provides a joystick,
parallel and two high speed, 16550A compatible serial ports) While
most of these cables look the same, they are generally not. I believe
that the dealer confused them with those from another board during
installation. At any rate, after verifying that it was the cable I was
unable to get my (former) dealer to fix the problem. I sent email to
the support address at promise asking for a part number and price to
order the correct part. I didn't get that information, but I DID get
a cable in the mail three days later! At the time I had made it clear
that it wasn't the fault of Promise, but they gave me a free cable anyway,
and promptly! I consider this to be very good customer support.
I'm running Promise/Caviar in two machines. One gets turned on and off
quite a bit, the other has been up for 6 months. Except for the above, I
have never had a problem with either.
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The first four or five people on that Long Island commuter train were shot
because a maniac had a gun. The rest were shot because nobody *ELSE* had
a gun. My opinions, all MINE.
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