Re: Precision card conundrum : Woody (bf2.4)
Ugh. I meant Promise card. Derrrrr.
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 13:46:52 +0000, jim biri <jim.biri@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've got a machine with Woody (bf2.4) setup.
> I'd like to setup another IDE disk controller to setup software RAID 1.
>
> Following various posts to this newsgroup, I've ended up looking at:
>
> Precision Ultra ATA 133 TX2:
> http://www.promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?productId=87&familyId=3
>
> I've looked at what IDE controller chipsets are supported by the 2.4
> kernel by looking at:
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/
>
> For Promise, that Hardware-HOWTO page lists: PDC20246/PDC20262/PDC20267
>
> The chipset for this card is PDC20269 (I know, I asked Promise):
> Promise don't offer any Linux drivers on their site, and when asked
> why not, Promise said:
> "Linux should have it embedded in the OS". Nice answer, but the
> evidence seems to disagree with them:
>
> The Hardware-HOWTO lists old chipsets.
> I've done a "dmesg", but don't only find some Beta Promise Raid
> driver(s) listed.
> I've done a modconf but can't find anything remotely helpful .....
>
> I've also done: "apt-cache search Promise" and get:
> harden-3rdflaws - Avoid packages with security problems.
> harden-localflaws - Avoid packages with security holes.
> harden-remoteflaws - Avoid packages with security holes.
> kernel-patch-2.2.20-ide - Andre Hedrick's IDE patch.
> pax - Portable Archive Interchange
> tiger - Report system security vulnerabilities
>
> I don't know whether any of these make any difference, anyone know?
>
> Now, I'm at a loss: I'd like to buy this, I don't particularly wish to
> upgrade to the 2.6 kernel .... so any suggestions?
>
> It seems that the chipsets listed as being supported are so old, that
> you can't actually buy something with those chipsets, can only buy
> things with new chipsets ... which aren't listed as being supported,
> and don't seem to supply source!
>
> Any help most welcome,
> Thanks, Jim.
>
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