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Old 04-16-2003, 06:52 PM   #1
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ATA Drivers


Im about to install Red Hat on my machine, iv got an ATA controller on my machine that allows me to use another 4 hdd's or cd roms. If i install Red Hat 9 will i be able to utilise that function? the drivers they gave me are on disk & are only for NT & XP.

If you can help me out id appreciate it.
 
Old 04-16-2003, 07:19 PM   #2
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Clue us in - what kind of controller is it? If you keep it a secret you probably won't get much help.
 
Old 04-16-2003, 07:52 PM   #3
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Skymaster ATA/133 Controller. Non RAID.
 
Old 04-16-2003, 08:37 PM   #4
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Its either a rebranded Highpoint or Promise card, If you look on the chip on it its going to have one of those names on it and a number, if its a Highpoint, it'll be something like an: "HPT372", if its a promise card it'll look like "PDC 20267".

The number is the important part, most of the ata133 chipsets are supported, some are in the 2.5.x series dev kernels... both promise and highpoint have driver sets out there for the cards and install instructions... the important part is the number.

Cheers,

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Old 08-07-2003, 05:30 PM   #5
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hey guys, RH9 natively supported this card.

I now use RH9 24/7 & its the best thing ever
 
  


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