Promise FastTrak100 TX2/TX2000 Series

Michele Castigliego michele.castigliego at soulbit.net
Mon May 17 15:47:04 UTC 2004


I know, but there are some implementation that needs the driver:
i.e. dual boot with linux - windows

I think software RAID is the better choice but somebody wants controller
choice...


Il lun, 2004-05-17 alle 14:29, Chris Drake ha scritto:
> Hi Michele,
> 
> You might want to do some performance testing first - I've read
> several places already that said it's *loads* slower using the promise
> drivers than using software RAID instead?
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Chris Drake
> 
> 
> Monday, May 17, 2004, 9:53:05 PM, you wrote:
> 
> MC> Hi,
> 
> MC> the controller Promise FastTrak, everybody knows, isn't supported by
> MC> RedHat and Fedora if you intend to use controller functionality.
> MC> Promise has released the partial source code of the driver, wich is a
> MC> software driver, that works for me.
> MC> I made a simple kernel-module RPM easy to use and I like to know if this
> MC> module can help someone.
> 
> 
> MC> HOW TO USE:
> MC> 1. Download the src.rpm
> MC> http://www.soulbit.org/download/kernel-module-FastTrak-1.0.3.soul.src.rpm
> MC> 2. Recompile src.rpm on the kernel sources you intend to use and then
> MC> install the rpm.
> 
> MC> It's very preliminary, let me know what do you think about :)
> 
> 
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