For ATA drives, you need a special ISA card. My HD (Maxtor 3.5) supports it, but I haven't bought the add-on card yet. It supposed to be superFAST (I think almost as fast as SCSI). I think the card is around $70 from CompUSA.
Britton wrote: > I am looking at buying another system myself. I have never heard of ATA > though. Is it something I should want, or just more hype? Is it likely > to be supported under Linux 2.2? > > On Tue, 30 Dec 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > george bonser wrote, > > > > > > > > 1) Ultra ATA 33 (UATA) hard drives > > > > > No linux supports ATA33 as far as I know. If you can put the drives in > > > EIDE mode (as most will), Linux will work fine. > > > > There is a patch (I forget where, but it's out there) for the kernel to > > support them. I tried it, but my maxtor8.4 won't handle this mode at 83mhz, > > only 66. So I set the mode back down, and went back to my old kernel. > > > > rick > > > > - - -- > > These opinions will not be those of ISU until it pays my retainer. > > > > > > > > - ------- End of Unsent Draft > > > > ------- End of Forwarded Message > > > > > > -- > > These opinions will not be those of ISU until it pays my retainer. > > > > > > > > -- > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
