Thanks John. For your Promise card problem, have a look at (you
probably have already, just in case):
http://www.promise.com/support/faq/faq_answer_eng.asp?faq_id=292
Do you use the Red Hat driver to use the card or is it recognised
automatically by NetBSD?

--- John Klos <john@ziaspace.com> wrote:
> > I'd like to revive my old Umax C600/Apus 3000.
> >
> > I've read that it should be possible to use on macs or mac clones
> PC
> > ATA PCI cards (such as those from Promise or tekram or other
> brands).
> > Normally (under Mac Os) these are not supposed to work, so I
> wonder:
> >
> > has anyone successfully used these PC ATA PCI cards on a mac
> running NetBSD?
> 
> Yes. As Donald pointed out, many will work, but you have to be
> careful 
> about which you get.
> 
> As a data point, I have tried the Promise ATA-133 card, and it
> instantly 
> switches to 33 MB/sec on the first use regardless of the kind of
> drive or 
> cable.
> 
> I currently have a machine colocated with some no-brand card with a
> CMD 
> 0648 chip. It runs at 66MB/sec, and seems to work fine with just
> one 
> channel in use. With two in use, it eventually has problems.
> 
> pciide0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0: CMD Technology PCI0648 (rev.
> 0x01)
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> John Klos
> 


		
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