Re: Promise DC4030 VL-2 Caching Controller with Linux ?

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From: Robin M. Stephens
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 00:00

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I have a Tekram cache controller and use Win95 and Linux.  LBA  mode has to
be turned off in the card BIOS setup for Linux and on for Win95.  Hope this
helps.

Lloyd Carter <lcarter@acslink.net.au> wrote in article
<01bc53bf$3b23eb80$LocalHost@default>...
> I recently bought a 2nd hand Promise DC4030 VL-2 caching controller and
put
> 4Mb on it.  It works fine under Windows 95.  But when I try to start
Linux,
> I get various error messages saying Linux can't read the superblock, etc.

> With my old controller card, Linux works fine.  I tried recompiling the
> kernel with Promise DC4030 support, but it still doesn't work.  I'm using
> kernel 2.0.0 and loadlin to start Linux from DOS.  Am I missing
something? 
> Thanks in advance for any advice.
> 
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Subject: Re: Promise DC4030 VL-2 Caching Controller with Linux ?
Date: 1997/04/30
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