Drivers from Promise are built for 2.4 kernel, so they do not work on 2.6 kernels. Promise also does not seem very interested in providing drivers for the 2.6 series.

Fortunately, the 2.6 kernel has drivers for this card (sata_promise for use with libata). Unfortunately, the module did not recognize this card correctly, so even after the module was loaded, drives attached to the card did not show up. After some research, I found that the PCI ID for my card was not recognized by the driver. I modified the source for the driver to tell it that my PCI ID really was a Promise SATA controller and recompiled the module. Once that was done, everything worked great. I've submitted a patch to the kernel to incorporate the new PCI ID for this card so future users of this card should not have this problem.

Since kernel 2.6.17.11, a patch has been provided which makes sata_promise support the TX4300, TX4310, and most likely the TX 23xx series as well. The patch is described at http://www.kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_17.

The patch adds a recognition pattern for the controller chipset; seemingly no change to the API has been required to accommodate these controllers.

I found that FC6 test 2 and Knoppix 5.0.1 support the Promise FastTrack TX4310. I configured my 4 300GB disks as 4 JBODs and did the RAID on the OS level (software RAID/fakeraid).

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Hi guys I have a problem and maybe you can help me.
I have the Promise TX2300 on an Intel 915GAG mobo.
My problems is that at startup EVERY linux with kernel 2.6 stocks while trying to find the HD.
If I disconnect the raid controller and install the system all ok, but when I put again the card the array is not detected. If I use an old linux with Kernel 2.4 (FC3, RH9) everything is ok but it's too old.
Any idea? Maybe is my mainboard? I've try also a Asus P5b, same thing.