Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Aug 2003 12:48:53 +0800 | From | Nick Urbanik <> | Subject | Re: Stable P4 Mother board? Hard Lockups: Asus P4B533-E, SiS680 IDE |
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Dear Folks,
Mike Dresser wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Nick Urbanik wrote: > > > What modern motherboards work well with Linux? > > What IDE cards work well? > > I'm using the ASUS P4B533's and P4B533-E's here successfully, very stable > motherboards, both on our Windows PC's and Linux servers. > > As well, there's a few MSI 845 based boards being used here. > > 3ware makes very nice cards, both in the PATA(7xxx) and SATA(8xxx) > versions. Be warned, they're more expensive than other IDE cards. > They're made in 2, 4, 8 and 12 port models.
They have a problem that requires I backup everything first before setting up the disks. That will require enormous time (to back up 203GB onto CDs) or money (buy a big tape backup system).
> I've had problems with both Promise and Highpoint cards in the > past(highpoint hpt366's were especially buggy under any OS).
Yes, I bought Promise fasttrack100 TX@ (PDC20270), Adaptek 1200A (HPT370A chipset), Iwill (HPT368 chipset), HighPoint Rocket 133 (HPT302 chip: didn't work at all), and PDC20276 built onto the Asus P4B533-E motherboard, as well as the CMD648 (from memory), CMD649, and the SiliconImage 680 that I am currently stuck with as the best of the bunch.
Do you think there is there any chipset available that I can use native IDE on so I can use the software RAID on Linux?
> The 3ware's can be used with software or hardware raid(they're hardware), > and seem to be actively supported by 3ware.
Yes; if only I could use it without a massive backup and restore!
Thank you Mike.
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