Re: Precision card conundrum : Woody (bf2.4)
Hi thanks again for the emails ....
OK - I'm confused. I thought Sarge was still in testing, and was a 2.6
kernel ...... sorry if I'm being dim. I've got bf2.4 Debian and I'm
after getting this card working in that kernel ....
If you've got any thoughts on that, they'd be most welcome .....
On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 10:26:08 -0600, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 15:40 +0000, jim biri wrote:
> > Well it sort of answers it, if you're referring to:
> > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/26/2003/07/3/69151
> >
> > It means not using a stable version, but using an unstable version -
> > which I'm not too keen on.
> >
> > There must be another solution one way or another.
>
> That web page was created 19 months ago.
>
> Don't hold me to is, but I'd be that 2.4.21 came and went thru
> Sarge a long time ago. Thus, the PDC20269 is in whatever 2.4
> kernels are in Sarge right now.
>
> > On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 08:40:17 -0600, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 13:46 +0000, jim biri 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:
> > > [snip]
> > > > 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!
> > >
> > > Did you try googling on this?
> > > linux PDC20269
> > >
> > > The 1st hit answers your question.
> > >
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