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Stay away from the Promise-based (PDCxxxxx) IDE-Controllers under Linux (and probably other Opensource OS too). They ''WILL'' cause (mostly silent) data corruption. Get a Silicon Image based controller instead ([http://geizhals.at/eu/a36191.html Dawicontrol DC-133] for example).
Stay away from the Promise-based (PDCxxxxx) IDE-Controllers under Linux (and probably other Opensource OS too). They ''WILL'' cause (mostly silent) data corruption. Get a Silicon Image based controller instead ([http://geizhals.at/eu/a36191.html Dawicontrol DC-133] for example).
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The usual error you will see contains something like "attempt to access beyond end of device". Good luck.

Revision as of 02:13, 4 June 2006

Promise Technology manufactures ATA and SATA (RAID) controllers, which usually feature Promise chips for the device interface and nearly always no RAID CPU, therefore they are "soft-RAIDs" (except the higher-priced models).

Stay away from the Promise-based (PDCxxxxx) IDE-Controllers under Linux (and probably other Opensource OS too). They WILL cause (mostly silent) data corruption. Get a Silicon Image based controller instead (Dawicontrol DC-133 for example).

The usual error you will see contains something like "attempt to access beyond end of device". Good luck.

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