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

[Joe Votour]

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

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.

-- Joe

--- "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
> 
> Got a question? Read this first...
> http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> 
> MythTV, Red Hat Linux 9 & ATrpms documentation:
>
http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-page.php?pageName=rh9pvr250
> 
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