I do have it in the ATA 100 mode. Maybe it just doesn't support this Promise
card.

jt

"Haedn Thorn" <lordhaedn1@nospam.cox.net> wrote in message
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> Is that the '265? I had trouble with that chip on a Gigabyte GA-7ZXR ...
> It worked ok with Linux as long as I switched it to ATA100 mode (as
> opposed to RAID) I used it with Slack8.1 .. I believe the RAID function
> is supposed to work now, but it still doesn't see it upon booting to my
> knowledge ... You would have to either use a seperate boot drive on
> another controller until you re-compile, or just use the ATA100 mode, as
> I mentioned earlier. I had the same trouble with a '275 on my friend's
> MB .. My ultimate solution was to upgrade to a 3Ware Escalade 7500-4LP
> 64-bit RAID controller. I also added a couple more drives for a total of
> 4 WD1200JB I am (needless to say) MUCH happier with the performance
>
> RAID-5 (2 drives interlaced, 1 XOR drive and 1 hot-spare) 240GB array
> with plenty of redundancy.
>
>
> jt wrote:
> > I'm trying to do a new install with Slack 9.0. Made boot disk, but I
have a
> > Promise Ultra100 controller card that my Seagate 120Gig drive runs off
of.
> > Since it doesn't see this drive and controller, what parms should I use
at
> > the boot prompt?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > jt
> >
> >
>
>