[plug] Linux support for Promise ATA100

[Russell Hobman]

Goodaye Garry, thankyou for your reply. I understand from what you are
saying that I probably don't need further support from promise and that the
mandrake 8.0 powerpak I have, is all I need. other than perhaps an update to
8.2 when it is released. is this correct? regards, Russell.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	garry [SMTP:garbuck at tpg.com.au]
> Sent:	Tuesday, January 08, 2002 8:55 AM
> To:	plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject:	Re: [plug] Linux support for Promise ATA100
> 
> The card should be picked up when you restart your computer. Mandrake is
> one 
> of the best at correctly picking up hardware on its own.
> 
> Be aware though, that the current mandrake distrobution is 8.1, and as
> usual 
> a free d/l or inexpensive disk purchase from WALinux in Hilton.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Garry.
> 
> 
> On Tuesday 08 January 2002 08:45 am, Russell Hobman wrote:
> > Goodaye pluggers, I am fairly new to Linux, and I was hoping that
> someone
> > could advise me which Linux distros are similar. the reason being is
> that I
> > have just bought a promise ata100 card and plan to install it in my
> > Mandrake 8.0 box. I have been to the promise Linux support page and
> cannot
> > find a specific mandrake driver. however there is support for other
> Linux
> > distros there. could someone advise which would be the closest match to
> use
> > with mandrake 8.0. my choices are:
> > 1. Turbo Linux Server 6.5
> > 2. Open Linux 3.1
> > 3. SuSe 7.1/7.2
> > 4. Red Hat 6.2/7.0/7.1
> > many thanks for any assistance. regards, Russell.