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Re: Promise Raid onboard howto install



On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 06:30:30PM -0600, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
> Anyone know the steps to installing drivers
> so I can use the Promise Raid 20265/20276 Controller
> on my motherboard.  I am using kernel 2.4.18 with
> devfs.

Don't use it as a RAID controller, for a start.  Either use LVM (Linux
software RAID) or get an actual RAID controller.  These things use
rather nasty, non-Free, binary-only drivers to effectively emulate
hardware RAID in software.

-rob

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