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wrote: > If you want to keep that mobo around for some other use, you might > consider purchasing a Promise IDE controller. The promise cards have > drivers in the kernel source, in the event that they don't come > supported out of the box with your distro of choice. The cards > sometimes are free, bundled with large IDE drives by Maxtor, for > instance. Other times you can see people trying to sell those free > ones for like $15 on craigslist. > Well, I need at least 3 (if not 4) IDE channels, due to the RAID I'm setting up on this machine. So while I happen to have a Promise card, that's going on to the new mobo. The old one will probably be used for another purpose anyway, and I will need to check the second onboard IDE controller to see if that fried also. Thanks! -Don
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