Quoting Richard Klövfors <richard@tre-amigos.nu>:
Hi all!
Im on my way to buy a new DMA-100 controller card to my computer and found the Promise Ultra100TX2.
My main purpose is to expand my computer from 4 IDE harddrives to 8. Could this be possible with this controller under SuSE 7.2 or 7.3 ?
Does it also work "right-out-of-the-box" or do i need some specific drivers ?? I searched the Promise Webbsite, but didn´t find any thing.
I just dropped on into my server with a pair of 40Gb Seagate Baracuda IV's, and it works fine straight out of the box - there is a Linux driver, and they (Promise) claim it's for 2.4.13 or above, but I'm running 2.4.10 with no problems. Only pain in the ass is the drives are /dev/hde and /dev/hdf - even with the on- board controller disabled. I have an removable drive bay on the primary channel of the Primary on-board controller, and that will take precedence whenever there is a drive inserted (which means I can boot...pardon... NT / 2000 when I need to for support purposes). Jon