Re: [cooker-amd64] 64-bit Promise SATA RAID support

[Tames McTigue]

Yes unfortunatly this is a large problem for me as well since it's what is
built into my ASUS SK8N

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "The Fonz" <justanothernerd@comcast.net>
To: <cooker-amd64@linux-mandrake.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 4:14 AM
Subject: [cooker-amd64] 64-bit Promise SATA RAID support


> I tried to install RC1 on my new system (AMD 64 3200+, MSI K8T Neo, using
> Promise 20378 SATA [RAID0] +120G ATA133), but the installation hangs after
> trying to probe for hard drives.  I was a bit disappointed that the
> installation did not ignore my RAID drive and allow me to install on my
> ATA133 drive instead...  I have not yet tried an installation w/out
probing.
> Maybe I'll just wait for RAID support...
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> For anybody else that is waiting for 64-bit support on Promise SATA RAID
> devices, here's the response I received from Promise:
>
> Original messsage:
> > Is there an ETA for 64-bit Linux driver support for the Promise 20378?
My
> > understanding is that there is presently a solution, but RAID is not yet
> > supported.
>
> Reply from Promise:
> > > At this moment it is planned for 2004, no further information is yet
> > > available unfortunately.
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