Re: Does Linux support Promise Technology Ultra33 Hard Disk Controller?

[Oleg Krivosheev <kriol@fnal.gov>]

   1. I have been searching many Linux Web sites trying to find out if
   Linux supports the Promise Technology Ultra33 Hard Disk Controller card.
    I installed this card because my older bios wouldn't properly support
   large hard drives.  I have found conflicting statements.  Some documents
   state that Kernels 2.0.35 and later support this controller, others say
   no, others say there is a patch.  Any comments on this would be
   appreciated.

from Ultra-DMA mini-HOWTO

 5.1.  Promise Ultra33


 This is a PCI card that has two UDMA channels on it, supporting up to
 four drives total. You can look up specifications & pricing at
 http://www.promise.com.

 This card shipped in early model Gateway 2000 Pentium II systems, and
 may or may not be in more recent models.
 Kernel 2.0.35 supports the Ultra33 explicitly, and the development
 kernels (current is 2.1.114) have generic PCI IDE interface support
 which automatically detects the Promise Ultra33.  However, the older
 stable kernels (2.0.34 and below) do not, and since most Linux
 distributions include these older kernels it can be a little difficult
 to get Linux installed because of this.
...

better get full text of Ultra-DMA mini-HOWTO and read yourself.
There is also debian HOWTO package

   2. How can I determine which Kernel is incorporated in a particular
   Debian release?

uname -a

   3. Any opinions on which Web site is best for up to date Linux hardware
   support information?

comp.os.linux.hardware NG

   Thanks
   Ed 

OK