Promise Ultra133TX2 and Slackware

GATTACA · 12-16-2003, 10:57 PM

Hello.

I have discoverd that the IDE controller on my Tyan MPX board is bad. I can't figure out what's wrong with it but it's just not reliable.

Can I install a Promise Ultra133TX2 into PCI slot 1 and connect my IDE devices to it thus bypassing the on-board IDE controller completely?

Has anyone ever gotten this to work?

I'm going to be installing a fresh copy of Slackware 9.1. Does anyone know if Slackware will autodetect the PCI controller?

Thanks for your help in advance.

ugob · 12-17-2003, 12:20 AM

I think it should detect the board ok. You may need drivers if you want to do raid, though.

the puppet · 12-17-2003, 07:53 AM

agreed... most pci controllers are auto-detected by slack.

ugob · 12-17-2003, 08:24 AM

Well, more precisely, the 2.4 kernel.

the puppet · 12-17-2003, 08:37 AM

yeah, i did forget to add that it was the new kernel that allowed most of the auto-detection, but he did admit to using slack 9.1. so, i thought it was unnecessary to add that comment. thanks for the correction, however.

ugob · 12-17-2003, 09:00 AM

It was just a simple addition, not a correction

But here is a correction: 2.4 isn't the _new_ kernel, it is 2.6. However, 2.4 supports most IDE PCI controllers.

GATTACA · 12-17-2003, 09:07 AM

Thanks for your feedback! It's been very helpful.

Now I just have to find out how to get my motherboard to detect the first bootable device off of the controller card.

ugob · 12-17-2003, 09:14 AM

maybe on promise's site?

the puppet · 12-18-2003, 02:41 PM

if their site doesn't work you could always google it.