Subject: Re: Promise Ultra33 supported under NetBSD1.2?
To: Manuel BOUYER <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
From: Roger Simmons <rwsimmon@ee.utah.edu>
List: port-i386
Date: 11/19/1997 11:23:05
It may have something to do with the Promise Ultra33 card bios.  I'm getting a new bios

chip sent and will keep you posted.


The motherboard is non standard.  It is a packard bell.  Do not buy packard bell.
Their support
is horrible and if you are not running Windows they will not even speak with you.

Thanks for your help.

RS

Manuel BOUYER wrote:

> On Nov 18, Roger Simmons wrote
> > This is what I'm trying to find out.  I did get an Ultra IDE drive to work
> > (Quantum ST 6.4BG)
> > with the regular on board IDE connection but I cannot take advantage of the higher
> > speeds
> > because I cannot get my Promise Ultra33 card to work with NetBSD.
> >
>
> Hum, in any case it will uses the standart PIO mode. DMA or ultra_DMA is
> not supported yet by NetBSD. But this should't prevent your board from
> working in PIO mode, unless it is really non-standart.
>
> --
> Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
> --