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

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what power supply wattage do you have to power all those drives?

On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 00:33, Jarod C. Wilson wrote:
> 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