Subject: Re: promise fasttrack
To: Kazushi Marukawa <jam@pobox.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/07/2000 20:32:39
On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 06:44:47PM -0500, Kazushi Marukawa wrote:
> I think so.  When I tested FastTrak66 for a while, it works
> fine as Ultra66.  I didn't tested FastTrak100.  However, I
> think easiest way is buying Ultra100 or Ultra66 and use it
> with RAIDframe or CCD.
> 
>    > support for these cards is entirely supplied by driver software on the
>    > Windows side of things (and the "RAID" cards have a different ID so only
>    > the RAID software driver in Windows will recognize it).
> 
> Actually, both driver software and loaded BIOS supports RAID
> feature.  I guess they are independent, but I'm not sure.
> 
> Moreover, Ultra66 and FastTrak66 probablly has one same ID.
> I had to decide which driver I needed while installing a
> FT66.  I heard a rumor Ultra100 and FastTrak100 have a
> different ID.  I remember installer decided which driver it
> needed while I was installing a FT100.

They have the same ID, but a different PCI_SUBCLASS: the regular one will
certainly have "IDE mass storage", where the "raid" one will have "RAID
mass storage".

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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