<br><font size=2><tt>centos-bounces@centos.org wrote on 10.05.2005 22:44:54:<br>
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> Well, that's because 98% of Promise's products sold are FRAID <br>
> (Fake/Free RAID).<br>
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<br><font size=2><tt>The card I had in mind was the "real" RAID
cards, i.e the SX6000. It was ok while RH8 was the standard and you didn't
need to compile a new kernel (ie. you could use the Promise-supplied driver
disks). They also had driver source for 2.4 which worked ok as long as
you booted from another device and loaded the driver as a module.</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>And actually, the SX6000 worked with the I2O drivers
for a little while with a patch supplied by Alan Cox, but after a few kernel
updates I gave up on it.</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>I was in contact with Promise support about one year
ago, and they told me that they had 2.6 drivers in beta, and that they
would inform me when it became available. Needless to say, there's still
no 2.6 drivers posted on their download pages.</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Well, enough bitchin for now... :)</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Regards,</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>Harald</tt></font>
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