[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > I have a > stack of old IDE hard drives that I want to use in a RAID configuration. The > server's case has plenty of room for drives and a number of PCI expansion > slots. I would like to get two PCI IDE controller cards to connect all the > drives with. The server has an IDE CD-ROM, leaving 3 open slots in the > on-board controllers. If I get two more cards (eah with two connectors), I > should be able to connect 8 more hard drives. > > I would like to use inexpensive cards (~$15-$30) since I will be setting up > software RAID and this is an older server with older drives. I have > experience > with certain Promise cards under Linux (and I am not happy with that > experience). Personally, I am just looking to find out what cards people > are > using and how happy/unhappy they are with said cards.
I've been buying the Promise ATA-66 cards at the Computer Recycling Center in Sunnyvale for a dollar or two. Linux works fine. BIOS boots. So if you're really on the cheap, call them. Cameron -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
