On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 10:47, Pete wrote: > On Friday 12 December 2003 11:22 am, Mark Lane wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 10:05, Pete wrote: > > > Has anyone tried to get this running on an Asus K8V? I downloaded the > > > x86-64 tree from duke (thanks to those who did this, the effort is much > > > appreciated), which was easy enough, but unfortunately, I have two SATA > > > drives in ATA mode (no need for raid on my desktop), which the default > > > kernel doesn't see. I really think I have two options here, one is to > > > wait for a kernel to be created that has the Promise driver and is > > > included as an update, or to hack it a bit. > > > > Well I wouldn't use the Promise (Promise Controllers suck). The VIA SATA > > that is in the chipset is much better. Though you probably won't be able > > to installed to it. Best bet is to install on a IDE drive and then > > compile a 2.6 Kernel. It seems to have better support for the via > > chipset though the drivers now have been backported to 2.4.23. > > Promise chip lives on the MB, so I can't avoid it. I've been using the > controller pretty steadily for about a month (combo 32bit Win and 64bit > Mandrake) without issue though despite how much everyone seems to hate > Promise. I'd like to switch to fedora as I'm not so infatuated with the > current x86-64 Mandrake (first time using drake), and I really like my FC on > my laptop. What I really want is a 64 bit Slack distro, but alas, that's not > gonna happen tomorrow, so I'll try this route. I've got time to play, and new > hardware to play with, so I'm gonna play. The K8V has 4 SATA Ports. 2 Via and 2 Promise. Yes the promise is onboard and works but so it the via sata controller. The VIA is a better controller and has better kernel support. The Promise drivers suck. -- Mark Lane, CET mailto:mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx Hard Data Ltd. http://www.harddata.com T: 01-780-456-9771 F: 01-780-456-9772 11060 - 166 Avenue Edmonton, AB, Canada, T5X 1Y3 --> Ask me about our Excellent 1U Systems! <--
