[mythtv-users] I think my motherboard isbroken.Anyrecommendations for a new one exclusively for MythTV use

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Thursday, Sep 4, 2003, at 22:22 US/Pacific, Joe Votour wrote:

> Note that they show up as extra drives, if you have
> the correct module compiled.  :)  These cards require
> the Promise IDE driver.

I never had to compile anything for them. They were supported by a 
stock Red Hat Linux 9 install. With other distros, ymmv, but with Red 
Hat, they are supported out of the box (I've also got a Red Hat Linux 
7.3 box with one in it, never had to compile anything, so Red Hat 
supports them out of the box at least that far back).

> However, I agree, these are pretty good cards.
> Although the PCI 133 card I have is limited to 137GB,
> Maxtor does have the flash update available on their
> site.
>
> This card is definitely a keeper, which is why I'm
> holding onto it, even though I don't need it at the
> moment.

Never know when they'll come in handy. I've got five of them all told.

--Jarod


> --- "Jarod C. Wilson" <jcw at wilsonet.com> wrote:
>> On Thursday, Sep 4, 2003, at 20:12 US/Pacific,
>> mediaserver wrote:
>>
>>> Some motherboard ATA chipsets don't support hard
>> drives greater than
>>> 137GB
>>> in size and exhibit problems best described as
>> "weird" when so
>>> attached.
>>> You may want to consult your motherboard
>> manufacturer for any insight
>>> they
>>> are able to share on the use of Large hard drives.
>>   This type of
>>> behavior
>>> may be known and there may be a workaround.
>> Maxtor, recognizing the
>>> problem that large hard drives pose to some ATA
>> interfaces, ships ATA
>>> PCI
>>> controllers with some of their larger hard drives
>> which have chipset
>>> support
>>> for large hard drives.   I have no idea on the
>> level of official (or
>>> unofficial) LINUX support for these Maxtor-sourced
>> ATA controllers.
>>
>> Those are typically Promise cards with a Maxtor
>> sticker thrown on top.
>> I've got a few of them myself. All the ATA/100 and
>> ATA/133 PCI cards
>> I've got work flawlessly under Linux without needing
>> any special
>> drivers. They are just seen as additional ATA
>> drives, and the drives
>> show up as /dev/hd[e-h] for the first one,
>> /dev/hd[i-l] for the second,
>> etc., assuming you have two onboard connectors. I've
>> got a machine with
>> 3 of these cards in it (hooked to 5x120GB WD 8MB
>> cache drives, software
>> RAID-5'd :) running Red Hat Linux 9.
>>
>> --Jarod

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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